# What It's Actually Like to Use Discourse in Another Language
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [4 mei 2026 om 22:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177 "2026-05-04T22:21:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [4 mei 2026 om 22:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/1 "2026-05-04T22:21:41Z")
This is what it looks like when you open [https://meta.discourse.org](https://meta.discourse.org/?ref=blog.discourse.org) (our public community for Discourse) in a browser set to Japanese.
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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2026/05/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language](https://blog.discourse.org/2026/05/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language)
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2026 om 15:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/2 "2026-05-05T15:24:15Z")
Hi Nat. the Japanese translated page looks so nice š¤©
question (that may already be answered somewhere) - I am curious if there are any way these can be translatable (without editing text strings):
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2026 om 16:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/3 "2026-05-05T16:48:32Z")
Events is still yet another plugin (calendar) that weāve need to hook up to AI translations. Currently we donāt really have plugin-to-AI-plugin translations as far as I know, so weāll need to figure this one out soon.
The āHomeā looks interesting ā¦ seems like a theme string, maybe @derek can have a look šŖš» š¼
āMeta Brandedā is also probably a āwill not translateā since itās pretty much the name of the theme componentā¦
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### Author:  [@derek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/derek)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2026 om 19:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/8 "2026-05-05T19:35:21Z")
> [@nat](#):
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> The āHomeā looks interesting ā¦ seems like a theme string, maybe @derek can have a look šŖš» š¼
Yep, this was a missing theme translation string. It should be fixed now!
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2026 om 20:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/11 "2026-05-05T20:05:05Z")
thanks!
(no i do not speak Russian lol)
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [6 mei 2026 om 02:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/12 "2026-05-06T02:23:39Z")
After translating my content into several languages earlier this year and consistently publishing localized content, my trafficāwhich was previously overwhelmingly from Brazilāhas begun to fragment precisely among the countries where the supported languages were translated.
The first screenshot covers the last 7 days and remains consistent with the previous 28 days (April). Curiously, Portugal has never been at the top, even though Portuguese is spoken there; therefore, I assume that because other supported languages are being indexed by Google, my presence in Portuguese-speaking regions has also grown. I notice that South Africa and Angola have been showing very subtle growth in Google Search and Analytics.
I have been working with localized content since my time on Reddit. At first, it didnāt feel entirely natural, but very recently Twitter implemented its own translation featureāpreviously available only via the Google Translator APIāwhich generated strong viral engagement between Russia and Brazil.
I appreciate the universality of languages and believe that, since this is still relatively new, there is still much room for improvement. However, I truly love that language barriers are falling, connecting us with other cultures and allowing us to learn from one another without losing our own identities. Twitterās viral trends are a perfect example of this: exchanging information by writing and reading in our own language while engaging with another language and culture in a ānaturalā and understandable way.
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [6 mei 2026 om 05:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/13 "2026-05-06T05:50:22Z")
> [@eisammy](#):
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> my trafficāwhich was previously overwhelmingly from Brazilāhas begun to fragment precisely among the countries where the supported languages were translated
@eisammy this is amazing. Iām quite data-driven and am super thankful for you sharing your community statistics publicly.
The proof is in the pudding! (letās see how the translator translates this idiom š)
Hopefully this encourages more communities to think about discovering where their language support gaps are. (if youāre a hosted customer, Iād be happy to support :discourse:)
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### Author:  [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [6 mei 2026 om 11:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/14 "2026-05-06T11:04:09Z")
> [@nat](#):
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> The proof is in the pudding!
Very good haha, hereās mine: Itās in practice that you see (good luck translator)
> [@nat](#):
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> I hope this encourages more communities to think about identifying where their language support gaps are. (If youāre a hosted customer, Iād be happy to help :discourse:)
Iāve been self-hosting for two years, but Iāll help however I can.
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### Author:  [@John\_Platte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Platte)
#### Post date: [13 mei 2026 om 11:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-its-actually-like-to-use-discourse-in-another-language/402177/15 "2026-05-13T11:10:48Z")
I am launching a Russian-language discourse instance and the experience is quite good. The main issue I have run into is that this forum asks people to specify their general region and the Locations plugin doesnāt have a localized country list; otherwise (through a bit of effort) I am able to create a fully Russian-language onboarding experience.