# Multilingual Plugin đ
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** pavilion, broken
**Created:** [February 27, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740 "2020-02-27T05:06:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@Honeyxilia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Honeyxilia)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/125 "2024-02-09T08:21:43Z")
Iâve opened a PR that (mostly) fixes this bug !
[https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-multilingual/pull/74](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-multilingual/pull/74)
it works on category names, descriptions, and subcategories when the option `show_subcategory_list` is active on a category !
The only issue left is subcategories when `show_subcategory_list` is off đ
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/126 "2024-07-20T06:50:52Z")
If I want to translate categories, category-descriptions and tags in my forum to 10 different languages, I have to create and upload 3 x 10 = 30 separate files for configuration and updates.
Iâm thinking about having all translations in one file with following structure:
```yaml
categories:
slug:
_de: German name
_en: English name
.description:
_de: German description
_en: English description
tags:
tag:
...
```
This would have several benefits:
- All translations could be updated at once
- Translators see context during translation
- Streamline translation tasks utilizing Large Language Models
Has anyone tried this before?
Are there any downsides I do not see?
Regarding a first implementation, I will try to write a plugin that creates and updates all needed entries in `Multilingual::CustomTranslation`.
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### Author:  [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/127 "2024-07-23T10:49:15Z")
This plugin is in need of an upgrade. I want to gauge whether it is worth it, and what is needed. If youâre interested in multilingual features please vote:
_Poll ([view on site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/127))_
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### Author:  [@UlBre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UlBre)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/130 "2024-08-07T21:29:08Z")
> [@angus](#):
>
> I want better multilingual functionality in Discourse but donât use this plugin (please explain below)
My answer âI want better multilingual functionality in Discourse but donât use this plugin (please explain below)â is because we are just evaluating for good a multilanguage-option. It would be great to find your tool to be the one.
As you asked for what ist needed I put my post I wrote for general question fĂźr multilanguage support here:
We do have a website with one domain and two languages (german, english). The content ist divided by [domain.org/de/[nameofsite]](http://domain.org/de/%5Bnameofsite%5D) and [domain.org/en/[nameofsite]](http://domain.org/en/%5Bnameofsite%5D).
Wo do have a discourse-forum in german language at the subdomain [germankeyword]-forum.domain.org
Now we want to add an english forum version.
Unfortunately the english keyword, which aptly describes the topic, and which we would want to use for the english forum ([englishkeyword]-forum.domain.org) differs from the german keyword. The german keyword doesnât work in english and the english keyword doesnât work in german.
Question:
Is ist possible to run a (one) discourse-forum with different subdomains for different languages while using only one account management?
Or do we have to build a completely new english forum with its own subdomain and its own account management?
With the term âone account managementâ i do mean only one database for users and only one login for both languages.
Ist there any possibility to avoid that users, who want to use both languages, have to register twice?
Or do we strictly need to restrict us to one domain if we want to offer the same logins for different languages oft the same forum?
If we do need one domain and one forum, ist there a possibility to show the language of a post in the linkname oft the post?
Just like
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/\*en/\*142740/125](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/*en/*142740/125)
for english posts and
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/\*de/\*142740/125](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/*de/*142740/125)
for german ones?
Sorry if my questions were too stupidâŚ
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### Author:  [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/132 "2024-08-08T00:46:48Z")
> [@UlBre](#):
>
> Is ist possible to run a (one) discourse-forum with different subdomains for different languages while using only one account management?
In short, no, thatâs not possible.
> [@UlBre](#):
>
> Or do we have to build a completely new english forum with its own subdomain and its own account management?
Part of the goal of this plugin is to allow different native speakers to exist on the same forum and for their preferred language to be naturally surfaced to them. That was the original intent of the plugin.
> [@UlBre](#):
>
> Ist there any possibility to avoid that users, who want to use both languages, have to register twice?
Yes, youâd have them on the same forum. If you really have to have two separate forums youâd have to use an identity provider, e.g. auth0 or okta, which then provides authentication for both forums.
> [@UlBre](#):
>
> If we do need one domain and one forum, ist there a possibility to show the language of a post in the linkname oft the post?
>
> Just like
> [https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/\*en/\*142740/125](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/*en/*142740/125)
> for english posts and
> [https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/\*de/\*142740/125](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/*de/*142740/125)
> for german ones?
This isnât currently a feature of the plugin however itâd be possible to achieve this with some additional work. To fully achieve your vision additional work would be needed either way. You can [send me a private message on coop.pavilion.tech](https://coop.pavilion.tech/new-message?username=angus).
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### Author:  [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/133 "2024-08-08T01:04:00Z")
Given the results of this poll Iâm going to work on the next major version of this plugin starting in September. If you have any specific requests for features, nowâs the time to make them. The next version of the plugin will also have a paid business subscription available with support and other benefits. The plugin will remain 100% open source.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/135 "2024-08-08T08:33:41Z")
> [@UlBre](#):
>
> Question:
> Is ist possible to run a (one) discourse-forum with different subdomains for different languages while using only one account management
You could have two instances and use [discourse connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) to make one of them the site that handles authentication.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/136 "2024-08-08T11:17:09Z")
As a part of very small and difficult language family I need AI-based translations for my finnish and estonian users. Translation services are horrible bad outside main languages.
Translations into English are a bit better, though.
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### Author:  [@das-g](https://meta.discourse.org/u/das-g)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/138 "2024-08-16T16:32:36Z")
Iâm trying to use the `multilingual guest language switcher footer visible` setting, to make the communityâs main languages quickly accessible as interface languages for guests. Here is what I observed:
1. The bar with the shortlist of interface languages is only visible when when `multilingual guest language switcher` is set to `footer`, but **not when itâs set to `header`**.
2. The setting allows to re-order the languages selected for the shortlist in the bar:
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### Author:  [@das-g](https://meta.discourse.org/u/das-g)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/139 "2024-08-16T16:39:36Z")
Oh, and when `multilingual guest language switcher` is set to `header`, the menu with the list of languages is not scrollable (nor limited by the height of the browser window), so some languages arenât selectable, because they happen to end up below the lower edge of the browser. (Workaround in Firefox: Zoom out with Ctrl+Scrollwheel, so that the whole menu fits into the Browser window.)
This is with version 0.2.9 ([ba63f9a](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-multilingual/commit/ba63f9a7d3f1d862b107e905a03211b0dc3e4baf)) of the âMultilingualâ-Plugin.
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### Author:  [@das-g](https://meta.discourse.org/u/das-g)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/140 "2024-08-16T17:26:29Z")
A previous admin of our instance seems to have already uploaded some `category_name..yml` at `/admin/multilingual/translations`.
~~However they donât seem to work.~~ Is there a way to view or download their content, so I can modify them and upload again?
##### Edit:
They do work now. (I donât know what changed.) Iâd still be interested in downloading them (or accessing them on the server, if theyâre on the file system there), in case I need to modify them at some point.
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### Author:  [@evenlo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evenlo)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/142 "2024-09-04T09:56:34Z")
Hi Iâve installed `discourse-multilingual` in two sites.
There is an error with require is not defined in i18n.js:
When I disabled `discourse-multilingual`, the error did not occur. Could you please let me know what might be causing this?
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/143 "2024-11-13T19:23:39Z")
> [@angus](#):
>
> I use the plugin and want better/different functionality or UX.
But I want to:
> [@jesus2099](#):
>
> have `en` = **English** , instead of _English **(US)**_
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### Author:  [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/144 "2024-11-18T09:45:15Z")
> [@jesus2099](#):
>
> How could [we](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/3?u=jesus2099) have `en` = **English** , instead of _English **(US)**_?
I came across a second bug [on this topic](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/artist-credit-on-this-single/724976?u=jesus2099).
I have replaced [çŽä˝ä¸ć](https://community.metabrainz.org/tag/zh_cn) with [íęľě´](https://community.metabrainz.org/tag/ko).
A pencil icon did appear, notifying of a change.
But if you look at edit history entry, the topic language change is not shown.
The Before and After are identical, even in Raw mode.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/145 "2024-11-18T09:52:37Z")
I think that was also the problem in
> [@Issue with Customize About Page Feature Mixing with Old js.about.contact\_info Text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-customize-about-page-feature-mixing-with-old-js-about-contact-info-text/334450/18):
>
> Something is severely broken with your site @TheBaby5 â the list of available locales on your site is null and itâs causing a whole lot of problems. Are you running a supported install? Do you have any non-official plugins?
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### Author:  [@Sheena](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sheena)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/146 "2025-02-08T19:28:05Z")
Hello there!
Sorry if this is a strange question, but is there anywhere I can see the plugin in action? Iâve read the documentation and gone through this thread, but most of the linked example sites donât seem to work or have changed. For example: [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io/categories) and [http://try.thepavilion.io/](http://try.thepavilion.io/) Because of this, I canât check out the mentioned examples for the plugin, the locale switcher, etc.
If thereâs currently no way to test it, would someone be kind enough to answer a few questions? đ
- Can users choose their preferred language/s during sign-up, so the forumâs content is automatically filtered based on their selection?
- Is it possible to change the âLanguageSwitchâ button to a globe icon or something else? Right now, it appears to be a Japanese character, but since no one on my forum uses that language, it might confuse users or cause them to ignore it.
- I understand that categories and descriptions can be translated (if I got that right), but does this also work for subcategories of subcategories? Additionally, could it apply to elements like links in the brand header (plugin)? For example, could the word âProductsâ be translated and redirect users to either the Spanish or English version, depending on their selected language? Iâm asking since this is a very popular plugin and was wondering if itâs supported by the multilingual plugin.
Sorry for all the questions! I did my best to figure everything out by looking at the screenshots and documentation.
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### Author:  [@Zas666](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zas666)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/147 "2025-02-25T00:43:05Z")
It seems this plugin doesnât play well with Discourse 3.5.0beta1, I had to disable it to get the forum back. I found nothing in logs but:
Deprecation notice: add\_to\_serializer should not be used to directly override include\_\*? methods. Use the include\_condition keyword argument instead
At /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-multilingual/plugin.rb:314:in `block in activate!`
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### Author:  [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/148 "2025-02-25T09:56:55Z")
I get an Error 500 / Oops with current discourse:
```plaintext
ArgumentError (wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1))
app/controllers/extra_locales_controller.rb:44:in `url'
Backtrace
plugins/discourse-multilingual/extensions/extra_locales_controller.rb:21:in `bundle_js_hash'
app/controllers/extra_locales_controller.rb:44:in `url'
plugins/discourse-multilingual/lib/multilingual/locale_loader.rb:30:in `preload_tag_translations'
plugins/discourse-multilingual/plugin.rb:77:in `block (2 levels) in activate!'
```
My locale is set to `de_DE.UTF-8`.
Btw: âReport a bugâ above links to the currently unknown domain `discourse.pluginmanager.org`.
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### Author:  [@TRgala\_Murat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TRgala_Murat)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/149 "2025-02-25T10:50:41Z")
This plugin is definitely crashing my site right now.
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### Author:  [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/152 "2025-02-25T12:54:26Z")
The plugin has been updated so it doesnât break on the latest version of Discourse.
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