# General Translation Integrations: Quickstart
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/integrations/google-drive/quickstart.mdx
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title: Quickstart
description: Quickstart to connect Google Drive to General Translation and translate a Google Doc or Google Slides presentation from the Dashboard.
related:
  links:
    - /docs/integrations/google-drive/guides/translating-content
    - /docs/integrations/google-drive/guides/managing-translations

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Use the Google Drive integration to translate Google Docs and Google Slides files from the General Translation Dashboard. General Translation creates one translated Drive copy per target locale and updates that same copy on later runs.

## Before you start [#before-start]

You need:

- A General Translation [Project](/docs/platform/dashboard/get-started) on a plan that includes Project integrations.
- `project:write` permission to connect the integration.
- `translations:content:write` permission to add, remove, or translate files.
- A Google account with access to the source files, unless your Organization has configured a shared drive connection.

The integration supports Google Docs and Google Slides. See [Supported content](/docs/integrations/google-drive/reference/supported-content) for access and output details.

## Quickstart [#quickstart]

### 1. Connect Google Drive

In the General Translation Dashboard, go to **Project > Integrations**, open the catalog, find **Google Drive**, and click **Connect**.

If your Organization has a shared drive connection, choose how the Project accesses Drive:

- **Use the org shared drive connection:** everyone with Project access can browse connected shared drives without connecting a personal Google account.
- **Each user connects their own Google account:** each person can browse files available to their connected account.

Otherwise, the Project uses personal Google accounts.

### 2. Authorize a personal account

For personal access, click **Connect account** and authorize Google Drive. General Translation requests access to files you select or that it creates; it does not request access to every file in your Drive.

Organization shared drive access does not require this step.

### 3. Add source files

Click **Add files** and select one or more Google Docs or Google Slides files.

- Personal access opens Google Picker. You can select files from My Drive or shared drives that your account can access.
- Organization access opens the configured shared drive browser.

The integration starts each file's source locale from your current Dashboard language. Change it per file in the **Source** column when the file uses another language. Removing a file later unlinks it from the integration without deleting it from Google Drive.

### 4. Select files and locales

Select one or more linked files. Under **Translate into**, choose target locales that differ from each file's source locale.

If the Project has no target locales yet, click **Select locales** and add them from the locale selector.

### 5. Translate

Click **Translate**. Translation and formatting continue in the background, and the Dashboard shows progress for each file and locale.

For each target locale, General Translation creates a copy beside the source file named `<source name> [<target language>]`. The target language is written in the source language: translating an English file named `Launch plan` into French creates `Launch plan [French]`. Later runs update that copy instead of creating another one.

See [Translating content](/docs/integrations/google-drive/guides/translating-content) for the full workflow and [Managing translations](/docs/integrations/google-drive/guides/managing-translations) for updates and the **Force retranslate** action.

## Next steps

- /docs/integrations/google-drive/guides/translating-content
- /docs/integrations/google-drive/guides/managing-translations