# Ability to select separate locales for public and admin interfaces

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [12월 4, 2016, 7:10오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771 "2016-12-04T19:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![ibnesayeed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ibnesayeed/32/120427_2.png) [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Post date:** [12월 4, 2016, 8:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-select-separate-locales-for-public-and-admin-interfaces/53771/3 "2016-12-04T20:46:37Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> A more general solution might be to allow each user to select their preferred interface.

That is already possible. There is a configuration option to “allow users to choose their own language interface preference”.

However, it does not solve the issue described in this feature request. If I am an admin of my board, my preference will be global for me which I don’t want. I want to be able to access admin interface in English while the public facing area and inline moderation tools all in a different language of my choice. For now, it would require me to change the language each time I switch back and forth between the two interfaces. Unless I chose to use two separate browsers with no shared sessions.

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