# Contentful

> Keep your Contentful multilingual with automations

URL: https://store.crowdin.com/contentful
Category: CMS
Type: App
Author: Crowdin

Translate your Contentful content with the ease of AI. Setup integration once, define your localization workflow and spend less time managing translations.

> Contentful offers a headless content management system that helps organizations deliver content across channels.

## Features at a glance


 - Content translation: Quick sync and translation of even minor content updates, like a new sentence or a changed word.
 - Automated and manual content sync: Push source text to Crowdin and pull finished translations back into Contentful without leaving the platform.
 - AI & human workflows: Send your content through AI translation engines, professional human linguists, or a hybrid workflow for maximum quality and speed.

## Contentful translation connector overview


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## Setting up the Contentful connector


After installing the application, you will find it in your project *Integrations* section.


Follow the instructions on the screen to connect your Contentful account.

![Contentful localization setup in Crowdin: screenshot](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/fcb14dd8-47a3-494d-adc9-9c5be5cf4b13.png "Contentful configuration.")


## Manual synchronization


To import content for translation from Contentful, follow these steps:


 1. Open the Contentful integration.
 2. In the Contentful section (right panel), select the files that should be translated.
 3. Click Sync.

To export translations to Contentful, follow these steps:

 1. Open the Contentful integration.
 2. In the left section, select the files that will be synced to Contentful.
 3. Click Sync to Contentful.

![Screenshot of how are the Contentful files connected to a translation management system](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/7fcf591b-9007-4af1-9e79-fd81ee1d8370.png "Contentful translation synchronization.")


## Setting Up Localization in Contentful

You need to enable localization for each individual field in Contentful.

## Auto synchronization

Configure the auto synchronization in Settings:

- You can import existing translations.
- Enable auto-sync for selected entry types from Contentful to Crowdin.
- Enable auto-sync translations for selected entry types from Crowdin to Contentful.


![Settings of Contentful files translation](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/b674fe5e-9ac5-440e-98a7-52bf16a79652.png "Contentful translation synchronization.")

## Native Contentful Localization App
Crowdin has a native Contentful app that would allow you to see real-time translation progress in the right panel of your editor while editing Contentful entries. It will also provide a direct link to quickly order translations for your entries via Crowdin.
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[<img src='https://www.ctfstatic.com/button/install-small.svg' class='blank'/>](https://app.contentful.com/deeplink?link=apps&id=6ZBUT0ZhkMRAZ7C1KNtbBk)

![Contentful localization in the Contentful editor: screenshot](https://developers.app.crowdin.net/api/media/file/105b01b0-7342-475d-b62d-146750ce791b.png "Native Contentful App.")