# Translation process

**URL:** https://community.directus.com/t/translation-process/2395
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** data-modeling
**Created:** [July 9, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/translation-process/2395 "2026-07-09T12:53:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![John234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@John234](https://community.directus.com/u/John234)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/translation-process/2395/1 "2026-07-09T12:53:18Z")

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Hi there,

I am trying to set up translations for my posts, I activated the tranlation field and added the fields to posts\_translations.

However, when I first enter the title and content in english, do I need to always copy/paste then in the translation fields for en-US ?  
It seems very cumbersome. Maybe I missed something  
Thanks

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### Author: ![alexv-directus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.directus.com/alexv-directus/32/196_2.png) [@alexv-directus](https://community.directus.com/u/alexv-directus)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/translation-process/2395/2 "2026-07-09T14:02:12Z")

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You should just use the fields for en-US and the original fields become legacy. The translations setup does not automatically migrate your existing data, so the original fields are left in place.