# Variable default interface language for new users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 25, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741 "2015-09-25T11:38:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Conor\_O\_Rourke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/conor_o_rourke/32/116698_2.png) [@Conor\_O\_Rourke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Conor_O_Rourke)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741/1 "2015-09-25T11:38:41Z")

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Hey guys,

New Discourse user here, but super impressed and excited about what a great product it is. I am developing a forum that will be multilingual (Arabic/English/German). Most users will be extremely limited in the other languages, basically I don’t want to expect a German/English speaker to be able to read Arabic script, and vice versa. I also don’t want to rely too much on their computer skills—want to make this as easy as possible.

Is there a way that I can provide a separate URL that would auto-set the interface language on first visit, so that registration can happen in their native language? Something like [discourse.example.com/ar](http://discourse.example.com/ar) and [discourse.example.com/en](http://discourse.example.com/en)

Very open to other ways of solving this problem.

Thanks  
Conor

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