Translate a Jekyll site into multiple languages

Creating a multilingual Jekyll website can be overwhelming, involving multiple markdown posts, json files, long configs, and site restructures. The Omnilingual Access language switcher widget makes internationalizing Jekyll sites much easier. It’s a paid tool that drastically simplifies translation management and automatically performs translations as content is updated – great for blogs that are updated at least once a month. The translations are instant and can be edited.

To make a Jekyll site multilingual with Omnilingual Access:

Load the omni-access script right before the closing </body> tag of each page.

<script src="https://lib.omnilingualaccess.com/scripts/omni-access-1.x.js?options=auto-assign-translatables"></script>

For example, the script can be pasted in _layouts/default.html :

<!-- _layouts/default.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <!-- ... -->
  </head>
  <body>
    {{ content }}
    <!-- OMNI-ACCESS SCRIPT -->
    <script src="https://lib.omnilingualaccess.com/scripts/omni-access-1.x.js?options=auto-assign-translatables"></script>
  </body>
</html>

And you’re done! 🥳

Your Jekyll website is now multilingual, accessible to over 200+ language communities. ✨

If you have any questions or issues, send me an email – I’m happy to help!