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English to Thai Website Translation

Translating a English WordPress site into Thai: engine fit, script and direction notes, market context and the exact hreflang markup.

English sourceไทย targetGoogle + DeepL engines for this pair~60M Thai speakers

What changes between English and Thai?

English uses the Latin script; Thai uses the Thai script. That script change is handled entirely by the browser and correct lang/dir attributes — no font hacks needed on modern systems. Sentence structure and length differ, which is why Transxlate translates whole rendered sentences in context and lets you adjust anything visually.

English

  • ~1.5B speakers
  • Latin script · LTR
  • Google + DeepL support

Thai

  • ~60M speakers
  • Thai script · LTR
  • Google + DeepL support

Set up English → Thai in 4 steps

  1. 1

    Install Transxlate

    Download the plugin from your transxlate.com account (free plan available) and activate it — the setup wizard opens automatically.

  2. 2

    Add Thai as a target language

    Pick your default language and select Thai in the wizard. The language URL is created instantly.

  3. 3

    Connect your API key

    Paste a Google Cloud Translation or DeepL key and switch on automatic translation. You pay the provider directly at wholesale rates.

  4. 4

    Refine visually

    Open any translated page with ?trx-edit=1 and click any sentence to perfect it. Human edits permanently override the machine.

How should hreflang look for English and Thai versions?

Each page declares alternates for both languages plus x-default, and every version must link back to all others (reciprocity). With Transxlate Pro this cluster is emitted automatically on every page.

<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://example.com/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="th" href="https://example.com/th/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://example.com/" />

Frequently asked questions

How do I translate a English website to Thai?

On WordPress: install Transxlate, set English as your default language, add Thai as a target, and connect a Google or DeepL API key. Pages are served at /th/ automatically, and any sentence can be refined in the visual editor.

Which engine is best for English to Thai?

Both Google and DeepL support this pair. DeepL is generally preferred for its fluency on Thai; Google is slightly cheaper and equally reliable. You can switch engines at any time without losing stored translations.

How much does English to Thai website translation cost?

At wholesale API rates, a 50,000-word site costs roughly $6.00 to machine-translate into Thai — once, because results are cached in your database. Professional human translation of the same site would run thousands of dollars.

Will the layout survive going from English to Thai?

Yes — both languages are left-to-right, so no direction change is involved. Expect some text-length variation; the visual editor makes spot-fixing tight buttons trivial.

Start translating English to Thai

Five-minute setup, wholesale API pricing, translations stored in your own database.