Scaling multilingual publishing in SharePoint usually gets messy for one reason: every language version has to be copied, translated, checked, and then updated again when the source changes. SharePoint Online creates a copy of a page, but it does not machine-translate that page, leaving language versions to be maintained manually.
PointFire presents its Translator products as the layer that fills this gap inside SharePoint. Users can select “Translate Now” to create a translated page or document within seconds, not just a copy to be translated, with automation also available when required.
Where Manual Work Starts
The manual bottleneck begins with the native page workflow. SharePoint Online does not provide machine translation for pages, so organizations must otherwise manually keep the different language versions aligned.
For organizations trying to scale SharePoint machine translation, that difference matters. PointFire Translator Express can translate a page, whether it is published or unpublished, track changes to both the original and translated versions, and trigger full automation when the original page is published.
What PointFire Can Translate
PointFire does not limit translation to one page type. It can translate classic and modern pages, including Communication sites and modern Team sites, as well as list items, text metadata, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint files.
PDF and Visio files can also be translated when the environment is configured for those formats. PointFire lists the following supported translation targets:
- Modern and classic pages
- Documents and document names
- Text metadata
- List items
- Entire libraries
- PDF and Visio files
Features That Reduce Cleanup
Translations can use glossary lists at the site, tenant, or hub level. It also lists multiple languages, multi-select translation, exclusions, and Microsoft Custom Translator support among its available controls.
Translated pages can remain in the same folder as the original or be placed in another folder. PointFire Translator Express can also translate the page filename so that its name and address appear in the selected language.
Deployment Options for Larger Intranets
PointFire separates its translation products by SharePoint environment. Translator Express is cloud-based for SharePoint Online and offers no-code deployment without requiring a server, DNS, certificates, or a virtual machine.
Translator Server supports SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online. PointFire positions it for organizations that require greater automation or translation of classic pages, although the product requires server infrastructure, DNS, and certificates.
For larger SharePoint page translation programs, PointFire Translator can use a custom endpoint within an organization’s own Azure account for Azure AI Translator. Its documented features include regional deploymentand private endpoints for Azure to satisfy security and data residency requirements, and all data stays within the organization’s tenant.
Managing Translation Tasks
PointFire’ also supports batch-oriented work. Users can translate multiple selected items, the contents of entire folders or libraries, and document names, while glossary controls can be applied at the site, hub, or tenant level. For publishing teams, these options place page, file, metadata, and terminology handling within the same documented SharePoint translation workflow for users.