# Advice for bilingual communities

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-bilingual-communities/37148
**Category:** Community Building
**Tags:** multi-lingual
**Created:** [December 26, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-bilingual-communities/37148 "2015-12-26T12:30:31Z")
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### Author: ![gdpelican](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gdpelican/32/81308_2.png) [@gdpelican](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gdpelican)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-for-bilingual-communities/37148/6 "2015-12-28T09:53:51Z")

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Definitely be aware of @tgxworld’s translation plugin, which strikes me as a must-have for a bilingual forum.

> [@Discourse Translator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-translator/32630):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Translator translates posts on Discourse using Microsoft, Google, or Yandex translation APIs.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-translator](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-translator)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Features Each post is only translated once per locale which saves you moneybagNote that language detection is also run once for every post. Be careful when enabli…

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