--- title: "Making Attachments Appear Across Translations" url: "/articles/making-attachments-appear-across-translations" type: article date: 2008-11-20 updated: 2016-04-07 --- # Making Attachments Appear Across Translations # Making Attachments Appear Across Translations Drupal multi-lingual By [ John VanDyke ](/about/john-vandyke) November 20, 2008 Drupal 6 supports translation of content with the core [Content Translation module](http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/translation). So you can create a page in English, then translate the page to Dutch. But what if you attach a file to the English page? It does not show up on your Dutch translation. And what if you are using [CCK](http://drupal.org/project/cck) and [FileField](http://drupal.org/project/filefield)? That's the case that I want to cover in this article. First, I installed Drupal 6.6, enabled the Locale module, and added the [Dutch translation](http://drupal.org/project/nl) (for the proper way of installing translations, see Addison Berry's screencast, [Installing Drupal with a Translation](https://www.lullabot.com/articles/installing-drupal-with-a-translation)). I installed CCK 6.x-2.1 and enabled the Content module and some others (Node Reference, Number, Text, Option Widgets). I installed the 6.x3.x-dev snapshot of FileField (it's better to use an actual release but I saw some bug fixes going into the module and figured I'd test it). I enabled FileField module. I enabled the core Content Translation module. Then I installed i18n 6.x-1.0-BETA6, which is the latest release of the [Internationalization Module](http://drupal.org/project/i18n). I enabled the Internationalization and Synchronize Translations modules. I needed a CCK content type to test with so I created one: ![Drupal create content type screenshot](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/assets/2016-04/createtestcontenttype.png.webp?itok=OZFmrp9U "createtestcontenttype.png") I created a CCK field called Audio to hold audio files: ![Drupal create audio field screenshot](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/assets/2016-04/createaudiofield.png.webp?itok=ArnLYXl- "createaudiofield.png") Then I adjusted the new content type's workflow settings to enable multilingual support and synchronization of the CCK field: ![Drupal test type workflow settings](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/assets/2016-04/testtypeworkflowsettings.png.webp?itok=DHy1CjBR "testtypeworkflowsettings.png") Now I was ready to enter some content. I created a node in English with an attached music file: ![Drupal create field instance screenshot](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/assets/2016-04/createtestinstance.png.webp?itok=8e5n_umQ "createtestinstance.png") Then I used the "add translation" operation of the Translate tab to add a Dutch translation. ![Drupal add translation tab screenshot](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/assets/2016-04/addtranslationtab.png.webp?itok=KbyU_oTw "addtranslationtab.png") The audio field could be seen on the node editing form, and the resulting Dutch translation contained the attachment. ![Screenshot of a Drupal node in Dutch](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/assets/2016-04/finisheddutchnode.png.webp?itok=_pSasAj- "finisheddutchnode.png") Sharp-eyed readers will notice that on the workflow settings options for the content type, I also have Attachments enabled (and I've got the core Upload module enabled), but I didn't check File attachments under the Synchronize translations section of the workflow settings. That means that I can attach files using the Audio field and they *will* be synchronized across translations, but I can attach files using the regular File Attachments method and they will *not* be synchronized, so I can also have a separate file per translated node. The best of both worlds! The Synchronize Translation module can be used to do much more than synchronize CCK fields; it can also synchronize taxonomy terms, comment and node settings, etc. Here we have just scratched the surface of its capabilities by using it to synchronize a CCK filefield across translations. For more information on Drupal's internationalization capabilities, see the [Drupal Handbook](http://drupal.org/node/133977), the [Internationalization Drupal Group](http://groups.drupal.org/i18n), chapter 18 of [Pro Drupal Development](https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fo%2FASIN%2F1430209895&tag=lullabot-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325), or chapter 8 of [Using Drupal](http://usingdrupal.com/). Published in: - [ Drupal Site Building ](/topics/drupal-site-building) You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. ## Get in touch with us ### Tell us about your project. We'd love to hear from you! First Name Last Name Your email address Your organization How you heard about us Tell us more Leave this field blank