diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2d6de30..3b2beea2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+
+.tmp/
+docs/
+versioned_docs/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c2ecda0..68f79782 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,43 +7,76 @@ endif
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
 
-.PHONY: prepare-latest
-prepare-latest:
-	mkdir -p .tmp docs
+.PHONY: create_dir
+create_dir:
+	mkdir -p .tmp docs versioned_docs
+
+.PHONY: clone_main
+clone_main: create_dir
 	git clone --depth=1 --branch=main https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git .tmp/upstream-docs-latest
+	cur_path=`pwd`
+	cd .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs && make trans-copy
+	cd $(cur_path)
+
+.PHONY: prepare-latest
+prepare-latest: clone_main
 	cp -r .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs/static/* static/
 	rsync -avz --prune-empty-dirs --include '*/' --include='*.en-us.md' --exclude '*' .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs/content/doc/ docs/
 	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs/content/page/index.en-us.md docs/intro.md
 	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl static/latest-swagger.json
 	bash loop_docs.sh
 	rm docs/help/search.en-us.md
-	rm -rf .tmp/upstream-docs-latest
+
+.PHONY: prepare-latest-zh-cn
+prepare-latest-zh-cn: clone_main
+	cp -r .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs/static/* static/
+	rsync -avz --prune-empty-dirs --include '*/' --include='*.zh-cn.md' --exclude '*' .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs/content/doc/ docs/zh-cn/
+	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/docs/content/page/index.zh-cn.md docs/zh-cn/intro.md
+	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-latest/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl static/latest-swagger.json
+	bash loop_docs-zh-cn.sh
+	rm docs/zh-cn/help/search.zh-cn.md
+
+.PHONY: clone_\#%
+clone_\#%: create_dir
+	git clone --depth=1 --branch=release/v1.$* https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git .tmp/upstream-docs-$*
+	cur_path=`pwd`
+	cd .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/docs && make trans-copy
+	cd $(cur_path)
 
 .PHONY: prepare\#%
-prepare\#%:
-	mkdir -p versioned_docs
-	git clone --depth=1 --branch=release/v1.$* https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git .tmp/upstream-docs-$*
+prepare\#%: clone_\#%
 	cp -r .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/docs/static/* static/
 	rsync -a --prune-empty-dirs --include '*/' --include='*.en-us.md' --exclude '*' .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/docs/content/doc/ versioned_docs/version-1.$*/
 	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/docs/content/page/index.en-us.md versioned_docs/version-1.$*/intro.md
 	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl static/$*-swagger.json
 	bash loop_docs-$*.sh
 	rm versioned_docs/version-1.$*/help/search.en-us.md
-	rm -rf .tmp/upstream-docs-$*
+
+.PHONY: prepare-zh-cn\#%
+prepare-zh-cn\#%: clone_\#%
+	cp -r .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/docs/static/* static/
+	rsync -avz --prune-empty-dirs --include '*/' --include='*.zh-cn.md' --exclude '*' .tmp/upstream-docs-$*/docs/content/doc/ versioned_docs/version-1.$*/zh-cn/
+	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-19/docs/content/page/index.zh-cn.md versioned_docs/version-1.$*/zh-cn/intro.md
+	cp .tmp/upstream-docs-19/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl static/$*-swagger.json
+	bash loop_docs-$*-zh-cn.sh
+	rm versioned_docs/version-1.$*/zh-cn/help/search.zh-cn.md
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	npm install
 
 .PHONY: build
-build: prepare-latest prepare\#19
+build: install prepare-latest prepare\#19 prepare-latest-zh-cn prepare-zh-cn\#19
 	npm ci
 	npm run build
 
 .PHONY: serve
-serve: prepare-latest
-	npm run serve
+serve: install prepare-latest prepare\#19 prepare-latest-zh-cn prepare-zh-cn\#19
+	npm run start
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf .tmp
-	rm -rf node_modules
 	rm -rf docs
 	rm -rf versioned_docs/
 	rm -rf static/_*
diff --git a/docusaurus.config.js b/docusaurus.config.js
index bbb05e83..0158ead6 100644
--- a/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const config = {
 
   i18n: {
     defaultLocale: 'en',
-    locales: ['en'/*, 'fr-fr', 'zh-cn', 'zh-tw'*/], // temporarily disable other locales
+    locales: ['en'/*, 'zh-cn', 'fr-fr', 'zh-tw'*/], // temporarily disable other locales
   },
 
   presets: [
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ const config = {
             type: 'search',
             position: 'right',
           },
+          {
+            type: 'localeDropdown',
+            position: 'right',
+          },
           {
             type: 'docsVersionDropdown',
             position: 'right',
diff --git a/loop_docs-19-zh-cn.sh b/loop_docs-19-zh-cn.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc4087d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loop_docs-19-zh-cn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+if sed --version 2>/dev/null | grep -q GNU; then
+    SED_INPLACE="sed -i"
+else
+    SED_INPLACE="sed -i ''"
+fi
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/</<&#8288;/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/installation/with-docker.zh-cn.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/installation/with-docker.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/</<&#8288;/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/contributing/guidelines-backend.zh-cn.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/</&#8288;/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/contributing/guidelines-backend.zh-cn.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/contributing/guidelines-backend.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/^url:.*//' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/intro.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/^title:.*/displayed_sidebar: mySidebar/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/intro.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/^slug:.*/slug: \/zh-cn\//' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/intro.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/.\/guidelines-frontend.md/.\/guidelines-frontend/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/development/hacking-on-gitea.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/"version":.*/"version":"1.19.0"/' static/19-swagger.json
+
+for file in `find ./versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/ -name "*.md"`; do
+    # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
+    # hide hugo toc
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/{{< toc >}}//' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/{{< version >}}/1.19.0/g' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/{{< relref "doc/\/docs/g' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/" >}}//g' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/\*\*Table of Contents\*\*//' $file
+done
+
+for file in `find ./versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/usage/ -name "*.md"`; do
+    # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
+    # hide hugo toc
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/title:.*//' $file
+done
+
+for file in versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/*; do
+    if [ -d $file ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ "$file" == "versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/intro.md" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    rm $file
+done
+
+# for file in `find ./versioned_docs/version-1.19/zh-cn/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/zh-tw/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.19/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/fr-fr/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.19/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/zh-cn/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.19/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
diff --git a/loop_docs-zh-cn.sh b/loop_docs-zh-cn.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e34b8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loop_docs-zh-cn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+if sed --version 2>/dev/null | grep -q GNU; then
+    SED_INPLACE="sed -i"
+else
+    SED_INPLACE="sed -i ''"
+fi
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/</<&#8288;/' docs/zh-cn/installation/with-docker.zh-cn.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' docs/zh-cn/installation/with-docker.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/</<&#8288;/' docs/zh-cn/contributing/guidelines-backend.zh-cn.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/</&#8288;/' docs/zh-cn/contributing/guidelines-backend.zh-cn.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' docs/zh-cn/contributing/guidelines-backend.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' docs/zh-cn/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/^url:.*//' docs/zh-cn/intro.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/^title:.*/displayed_sidebar: mySidebar/' docs/zh-cn/intro.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/^slug:.*/slug: \/zh-cn\//' docs/zh-cn/intro.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/.\/guidelines-frontend.md/.\/guidelines-frontend/' docs/zh-cn/development/hacking-on-gitea.zh-cn.md
+
+$SED_INPLACE 's/"version":.*/"version":"1.20-dev"/' static/latest-swagger.json
+
+for file in `find ./docs/zh-cn/ -name "*.md"`; do
+    # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
+    # hide hugo toc
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/{{< toc >}}//' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/{{< version >}}/1.18.2/g' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/{{< relref "doc/\/docs/g' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/" >}}//g' $file
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/\*\*Table of Contents\*\*//' $file
+done
+
+for file in `find ./docs/zh-cn/usage/ -name "*.md"`; do
+    # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
+    # hide hugo toc
+    $SED_INPLACE 's/title:.*//' $file
+done
+
+for file in docs/zh-cn/*; do
+    if [ -d $file ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ "$file" == "docs/zh-cn/intro.md" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    rm $file
+done
+
+
+# for file in `find ./docs/zh-cn/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+
+# for file in `find ./i18n/zh-tw/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/zh-cn/current/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/fr-fr/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/zh-cn/current/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/zh-cn/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/zh-cn/current/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
diff --git a/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-1.19.json b/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-1.19.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd400751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-1.19.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+  "mySidebar": [
+    {
+      "type": "link",
+      "label": "What is Gitea?",
+      "href": "/"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Installation",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "installation"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Administration",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "administration"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Usage",
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "type": "category",
+          "label": "Packages",
+          "items": [
+              {
+              "type": "autogenerated",
+              "dirName": "packages"
+              }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+        "type": "autogenerated",
+        "dirName": "usage"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Development",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "development"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Contributing",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "contributing"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Help",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "help"
+          }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-zh-cn-1.19.json b/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-zh-cn-1.19.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd400751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-zh-cn-1.19.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+  "mySidebar": [
+    {
+      "type": "link",
+      "label": "What is Gitea?",
+      "href": "/"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Installation",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "installation"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Administration",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "administration"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Usage",
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "type": "category",
+          "label": "Packages",
+          "items": [
+              {
+              "type": "autogenerated",
+              "dirName": "packages"
+              }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+        "type": "autogenerated",
+        "dirName": "usage"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Development",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "development"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Contributing",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "contributing"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Help",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "help"
+          }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-zh-cn-latest.json b/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-zh-cn-latest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd400751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioned_sidebars/version-sidebars-zh-cn-latest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+  "mySidebar": [
+    {
+      "type": "link",
+      "label": "What is Gitea?",
+      "href": "/"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Installation",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "installation"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Administration",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "administration"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Usage",
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "type": "category",
+          "label": "Packages",
+          "items": [
+              {
+              "type": "autogenerated",
+              "dirName": "packages"
+              }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+        "type": "autogenerated",
+        "dirName": "usage"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Development",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "development"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Contributing",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "contributing"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Help",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "help"
+          }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}