When you download and install the Drupal core, it is by default English, as you may know. Our Drupal themes on Symphony Themes are also in English by default. In many cases, I receive requests from customers on how to quickly translate Drupal to their languages (not English, ofcourse).

Here is the guide. It applies to translate Drupal in a non-multilanguage site. If you need more than one language in the same site, you will need to do a lot more stuffs, which can be found on another article.

1. Enable neccessary modules

Please go to admin/modules and enable Locale and Content translation.

2. Add your language

Go to admin/config/regional/language to add your language, please choose it as default language

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