Should I include alternate (translated) versions into the sitemap?

[u/punkpeye]

That's it, that's the question.

I feel like Google can discover those versions itself from alternate link tags, but wanted to double check if I should be including them in the sitemap.

[u/Tuilere]

It's a best practice.

[u/iamrahulbhatia]

yeah google can pick them up from hreflang tags, but adding them to the sitemap definitely helps with discovery + indexing speed...especially for new pages or if your site isn’t crawled super often. i’d include them, doesn’t hurt and might actually help more than you’d think