In Chapter 2, Installing Magento 2, we learned how to create Store Views in different languages. There's another very powerful tool available to store owners as well, whereby it's possible to provide translations manually. To enable the mode for editing/translating text, log into the administrative interface and visit Store | Configuration | Advanced | Developer. You'll see the option to translate inline, for the storefront and for the backend:
Enable this, and you'll be prompted to clear the cache, with a link to System | Cache Management to do so. Once the cache has been cleared, visit the front page of the site. You'll see red boxes around certain portions of the page. When you hover over these boxes, a dictionary will appear. When you click on this dictionary icon, you can provide inline translation that will be stored in Magento's translation database:
