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Glossary

What is Translation Debt?

The backlog of untranslated or stale translated content accumulating as the source site evolves.

In more depth

Automatic translation of new content eliminates structural debt; human-review queues handle the polish layer.

Why it matters for your website

Understanding Translation Debt helps you make better decisions when taking a WordPress site multilingual — from choosing URL structures and engines to controlling costs. Transxlate handles the mechanics (language URLs, lang attributes, caching, hreflang on Pro) so terms like this become settings, not engineering projects.

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