# Localized email templates
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** multi-lingual
**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438 "2016-08-30T15:36:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@JohnP\_BlitWise](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnP_BlitWise)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438/1 "2016-08-30T15:36:25Z")
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if there was a way to allow for multi-lingual emails to be sent out from Discourse. I am fimiliar with the already-existing localization system, but want to extend that functionality out to the notifications and emails Discourse sends out is what my issue is.
All insight is appreciated!
Thanks,
John
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438/2 "2016-08-30T16:01:27Z")
It sounds like you are already aware of this under Admin → Settings → Basic Setup
> allow user locale [default: disabled]
> Allow users to choose their own language interface preference
TBH I have not tested to see what might be translated in Discourse emails as a result of this setting being enabled.
As for post text getting translated there is this plugin
> [@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…
@tgxworld would know if the translated content is used in the members emails.
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### Author:  [@JohnP\_BlitWise](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnP_BlitWise)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438/3 "2016-08-30T23:21:21Z")
Thanks,
Yeah from what I have tried, there is no localization of emails sent out. Getting posts translated would be cool, however, do you know what the translation engine utilizes (google translate is terrible)?
EDIT: I checked out the page and saw Microsoft translator is used. I will check it out definitely though!
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438/4 "2016-08-31T00:43:18Z")
The email templates should be being localized, but the content isn’t. There is another topic about this here:
> [@Translate email notifications and digests into user preferred locale language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-email-notifications-and-digests-into-user-preferred-locale-language/45660):
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> Many of the people in my community who don’t speak English also don’t log in often because they live in parts of the world where Internet access is scarce. So they participate by email. It occurs to me that it would be quite useful for these people to get emails from our discourse in their language. Has anyone looked into this or considered it? Digests and notifications could all be provided in the user’s preferred language, perhaps with the original text clearly identified directly below it. W…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438/5 "2019-03-01T13:43:59Z")
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localized-email-templates/49438/6 "2019-03-03T22:24:39Z")