# Directus > Translate Directus content with Crowdin URL: https://store.crowdin.com/directus Identifier: directus Category: CMS Type: App Author: Awesome Crowdin OpenAPI spec: https://store.crowdin.com/directus/openapi.json Translate your Directus content with ease. Setup integration once, define your localization workflow and spend less time managing translations. > Directus is an out-of-the-box REST+GraphQL API and intuitive no-code data collaboration application for any SQL database. ## Features at a glance - Directus content translation - Manual content synchronization before and after translation. - Auto-sync of source content and translations. - WYSIWYG file preview for translators. - Quick sync and translation of even minor content updates, like a new sentence or a changed word. ### Note Please refer to the [Content Translations](https://docs.directus.io/guides/headless-cms/content-translations.html) article in the Directus Help Desk for the recommended way to manage translations. This integration only supports translation of text properties. Complex properties such as "block editor" are not currently supported. ## Directus translation connector overview
## Setting up the Directus connector After installing the application, you will find it in your project *Integrations* section. Follow the instructions on the screen to connect your Directus account. ![Connect your Directus account to Crowdin](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/d1420ed4-7d9f-426e-9be7-d8281479edbd.png "Directus configuration.") ## Manual synchronization To import content for translation from Directus, follow these steps: 1. Open the Directus integration. 2. In the Directus section (right panel), select the files that should be translated. 3. Click Sync. To export translations to Directus, follow these steps: 1. Open the Directus integration. 2. In the left section, select the files that will be synced to Directus. 3. Click Sync to Directus. ![Sync translations back to Directus](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/fdef832b-5bf1-4157-90ce-b9f49d836c43.png "Directus translation synchronization.") ## Auto content synchronization To automatically import content for translation from Directus choose files and click Scheduled sync in the right panel in the Directus integration. The file you chose will be pushed once at a scheduled time (by default, it is done once a day). The same button is used to export translated files from Crowdin to Directus (in the left panel). You may disable this by clicking Disable Sync. ## Resources - [API Reference](https://webflow.app.crowdin.net/api-docs): [OpenAPI spec](https://webflow.app.crowdin.net/api-docs/swagger.json)