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Copper Contributor

Jun 06, 2020

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Hub Site Navigation Address Field Behaviour Multilingual

We have a SharePoint hub site which requires translation of its navigation links display names and address fields - default is English and users with Spanish language settings should see Spanish navi...

MartinLaplante
Jun 07, 2020
steve85 Navigation node text is MUI-enabled, but the URLs are not. That is the case whether the hub site navigation is modern or classic and has MLP enabled or not. For certain types of target pages, there is redirection according to the user's language, if the target is on an MLP-enabled Communication site or a variations site collection. This redirection does not apply in all cases, but in most common scenarios.

If you want it to work for other types of target pages, you can do it with a third-party product.

SusanHanley

MVP

Jun 07, 2020

You shouldn’t need to change the link, just the label. When a user with the Spanish language setting clicks the link, the URL in the default language will automatically redirect to the Spanish page.

SusanHanley

MVP

Jun 07, 2020

BTW, I am assuming that you have implemented multi-lingual pages for modern comm sites. If you do that AND use the MUI links as you describe the pages should re-direct to the appropriate language. See: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-multilingual-communication-sites-pages-and-news-2bb7d610-5453-41c6-a0e8-6f40b3ed750c

steve85
Copper Contributor
Jun 07, 2020
Thanks for your response, SusanHanley. In my scenario, we have not used the translation feature to translate the pages to Spanish. They exist with their own URLs with reference to the page in Spanish. The reason for this is originally a custom navigation was being used but now we have pivoted to the OOTB hub navigation and hoped to keep the Spanish URLs if possible just for consistency of user experience (I realise the irony of having just mentioned we've changed an entire nav menu experience). I assume if I was to use the translation feature instead, I would have to use the default language URL for the page for both default and Spanish language users?
- SusanHanley
  MVP
  Jun 07, 2020
  If you use the multilingual feature for modern comm sites, your link URL will be the one in the default language - and the user will automatically be re-directed to the corresponding page in their language. You can learn more at the link I provided earlier.