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Two languages

A bilingual link in bio page, in English and French, in your own words.

Write your page once, then write it again in your other language, line by line. Visitors switch between the two, and each one is a whole page of its own.

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Alder Works, an example woodworker, in its French version at /@alderworks/fr. Open the page

How the second language works.

  • Your words, never a machine’s

    The editor puts each of your lines beside an empty box for the other language: your bio, every title, every question and answer, every dish. Nothing is translated for you.

  • Two addresses, one page

    Your French page lives at your address with /fr on the end (or /en, if your page starts in French), with a switch at the top of both.

  • Portage speaks it too

    The words Portage adds, like “Open now” or the line under a sign-up form, follow the language of the page someone is on.

Adding your second language.

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  1. Open the Language panel in the editor.

    Pick French, or English if your page is written in French.

  2. Write each line beside its twin.

    Fill in as much as you like. Any box left empty shows your page’s own words there.

  3. Publish the version.

    It goes live at its own address, and the switch appears on both pages.

One section in another language, on any page.

A page doesn’t have to be in two languages to have one part in another. Mark a section’s language and screen readers read it in the right voice, in any language.

  • A church’s welcome in French, from Église des Bouleaux
  • A streamer’s note in Japanese, from Natsu Tanuki
  • A cook who works in French too, from Wren Thibodeau

What it won’t do for you.

  • English and French are the two languages a whole page can have today.
  • Nothing is translated automatically, so a line you change in one language waits for you to change it in the other.
  • Your links go to the same places in both. A shop with a French page of its own needs its own link in the French version.

Questions about bilingual pages.

Can I have my link in bio in English and French?
Yes. Write your French beside your English in the editor and publish it, and your page has two versions, each at its own address, with a switch between them.
Does Portage translate my page?
No. Every word on your second version is one you wrote. Anything you leave empty shows your page’s own words instead.
Will search engines show the right language?
Each version has its own address and tells search engines about the other, which is how they know to show the French one to people searching in French.
Can I write one section in Punjabi or Japanese?
Yes. Any row can be marked as written in another language, any language at all, so screen readers switch voice for it.

Bonjour, and hello.

Write your page in both, and let each visitor pick.

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