How to configure Joomla Translate, Free version

By following this steps you will learn: how to configure Joomla Translate - Joomla plugin for automatically Joomla website translation, free version. If you have Pro or Pro Commercial version, please read this tutorial How to configure Joomla Translate Pro version

Install Joomla Translate component. Now we can create Joomla Translate package. It includes component and module. So you installed it all by installing Joomla Translate package. You install it exactly as install any other Joomla component or module.
Install Joomla Translate module. Now we created Joomla Translate package. This package includes component and module. So you install all by installing Joomla Translate package.
Go to Extensions → Module Manager → Translate module (Joomla 3) or to System → Site modules (Joomla 4).

3.1. Set Translation Method for you website: In free version of Joomla translate you need to select only Instant, then your website will be translated without redirect when the user clicks on language flag or chooses language from the drop-down list.

3.2. Enter languages which you want to display in drop-down List on frontend. If you choose no language, drop-down list won't be shown on frontend.

3.3. Enter languages which you want to display in the form of Flags on frontend.