This article will teach how, how to manually configure a Weblate component, in case, it's not working automatically. You will not need this in most cases.
## What is monolingual and bilingual?
Weblate differs into 2 translation formats: monolingual and bilingual.
#### Bilingual
Bilingual means, that the source text live inside the code. See for example the following example from gettext:
```c
printf(_("This is some text"))
```
That means you have language file for the source text. Rather, the source text is in all translation files itself as reference.
#### Monolingual
With Monolingual, you have a extra translation file for your source language.
## Where can I find these Options:
When creating a new Component, you will land on a Page where you can enter them. For existing Components, go to the Component Manage>Settings>Files.
## Configuration options
You have the following options to configure the component:
File format: Choose one of the available formats
File mask: This is the path, in which your translations will be placed `*` is the placeholder for the language. e.g. if you enter `translations/*.ts`, a German translation would be placed as `translations/de.ts`.
Monolingual base language file: If you have a Monolingual format, enter the path to your source file here. If not, leave empty.
Edit base file: If you enable this, the source file can be edited in Weblate. If not ticked, it is read only in Weblate. Only available for monolingual formats.
Adding new translation: You can choose, what happens, if a User wan's to add a new language. The Options should be self-explanatory.
Template for new translations: If you choose "Create new language file" in the Box above, this file will be used as a template.
