Add colour to text styling options in translation text field.
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Studio Obvious
Currently translated texts shows only in one colour. It would be great if we could have the option in the translation text edit field to add a colour style to highlight selected words or sentences.
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Inline color styling support inside the Localization/Translation editor
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Łukasz Grondecki
Hi everyone,
I’d like to request an improvement for multilingual workflows in Framer.
This issue is very similar to the current limitations of the Formatted Text editor inside components but applies specifically to translations.
### The problem
When translating text in the Localization Editor, it’s not possible to:
- preserve inline color formatting from the original language
- apply color to selected parts of the translated text
- access any color tools, tokens, or inline styling
For example:
- In Polish I can highlight part of a heading in green: “Zacznij zarabiać.”
- But in English I can’t recreate the same styling: “Start earning.”
→ there’s no option to color just the word “earning”.
This breaks consistency across languages and makes it hard to maintain stylized multilingual headings or CTAs.
### Why this matters
Design consistency is crucial, especially on larger multilingual sites.
Right now the translation editor strips formatting and provides no way to restore it, making the workflow incomplete.
### Suggested improvements
- Support inline color styling inside the Localization Editor
- Preserve color formatting on translation import
- Provide a simple color field or token selector for partial text styling
This addition would make multilingual editing much more powerful and scalable.
Thanks for considering this!
Kye
Hey Studio Obvious, thanks for your feedback! I have a few more questions for you:
- What specific colors or color options would you like to have available for text styling?
- How frequently do you anticipate using the color styling feature in your translations?
- Are there specific scenarios or use cases where highlighting text with color is particularly important for you?
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Sebastian Giannoulatos
Kye I want to add to this. Lot's of sites use styling and decorations to add emphasis to their text elements. Localized versions should at least offer parity to the main version in terms of options.
In terms of how the UX of it would look like, I'm not sure if it should be in the localization editor (fine i guess...), or having the option of accessing the localized version in layer mode (gives full control and would be awesome!)
Cheers