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# Translate document descriptions

Translate document descriptions into Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese (Simplified), French, or English.

## Translate a single description

1. In the <img src="https://2262431129-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FlnHu06wl3NH457iwjBmr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8f18f06a78c4d0bf6e51eac54ec7d3e5d2cdb8a2%2Ftab-review.svg?alt=media" alt="Review tab" data-size="line"> tab, hover over the description cell of the document you want to translate — a row of action icons appears.
2. Click the <img src="https://2262431129-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FlnHu06wl3NH457iwjBmr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-17c9d403849250e5f95b2b7fa28c719dd8d2ba70%2Ficon-translate.svg?alt=media" alt="translate" data-size="line"> translate icon.
3. In the dropdown that appears, select the target language.

The description updates immediately.

## Translate multiple descriptions at once

1. In the <img src="https://2262431129-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FlnHu06wl3NH457iwjBmr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8f18f06a78c4d0bf6e51eac54ec7d3e5d2cdb8a2%2Ftab-review.svg?alt=media" alt="Review tab" data-size="line"> tab, select the documents you want to translate using their checkboxes.
2. In the toolbar above the table, open the **Tools** menu and select <img src="https://2262431129-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FlnHu06wl3NH457iwjBmr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-20cca8ba1ddb37b74ff6547b14b9cf50d7e7cb95%2Fbtn-translate-description.svg?alt=media" alt="Translate description…" data-size="line">.
3. In the dialog, select the target language from the list.
4. Click **Translate**.

BriefTech translates each selected description and reports how many were updated.

## After translating

The translated text is saved as a generated description. You can edit it manually at any time by double-clicking into the cell — once you save a change, the description is locked and marked as a manual override. To unlock the cell, hover over it and click the <img src="https://2262431129-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FlnHu06wl3NH457iwjBmr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b3e446d64b7bf9b7ecf24f801ef6b0e5046cfa99%2Ficon-lock.svg?alt=media" alt="lock" data-size="line"> lock icon: this keeps your current text and removes the padlock — it does **not** restore the translated text that was there before your edit.

There is no one-step revert to the description that existed before the translation. To restore the original AI-generated text, retype it manually or re-run the **Organise** agent on that document.

See [Document metadata fields](/reference/document-metadata-fields.md) for details on how generated values and locked overrides work.

## Related

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>How AI analysis works: agents and playbooks</strong></td><td>What agents and playbooks are, and what they extract.</td><td><a href="/concepts/how-ai-analysis-works.md">How AI analysis works: agents and playbooks</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bulk-edit metadata across many documents</strong></td><td>Change labels, collections, dates, descriptions and index categories on many documents at once.</td><td><a href="/how-to-guides/review/bulk-edit-metadata.md">Bulk-edit metadata across many documents</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Document metadata fields</strong></td><td>The document fields you can edit in the Review tab and their accepted values.</td><td><a href="/reference/document-metadata-fields.md">Document metadata fields</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Review an AI-Analysed Matter</strong></td><td>A guided run through the Review stage — take a matter the AI has already analysed and confirm, correct, and refine its details until it's ready to index.</td><td><a href="/get-started/review-an-ai-analysed-matter.md">Review an AI-Analysed Matter</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Refine descriptions using your own edits as examples</strong></td><td>Edit a few descriptions the way you want them, then have BriefTech rewrite the rest to match.</td><td><a href="/how-to-guides/review/refine-descriptions-from-examples.md">Refine descriptions using your own edits as examples</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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