It is not possible to set a secondary language for a whole blog
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How can I set a secondary language for my blog? It is currently possible to set the language of the blog in the page “Settings” -> “General”. If I choose “Français”, I obtain the following HTML code:
<html lang=”fr”>Actually, I would like to set a secondary language so that the search engines “know” that most of my articles (currently more than 80%) have been translated in English, I would like to obtain the following HTML code:
<html lang=”fr,en”>Creating 2 separate blogs would be a huge waste of time and several other users attempt to do something similar. It is already possible to use the markup “span” to indicate that a part of an article is in English but my whole blog is seen by search engines and Technorati as a non English blog.
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You might want to try and create a Translation Widget.
There are no restrictions if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities.
Please see this link to learn about the differences:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested:
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Hi
Automatic translation from French to English often gives poor results. For example, Google Translate sometimes removes negations, it completely changes the meaning of the sentence, there are the same problems with hidden meaning and some idiomatic expressions. That’s why I prefer translating my articles.
The addition of a secondary language as a new feature would not be that difficult to implement. If Automattic prefers encouraging its users to switch to self-hosted WordPress.org blogs rather than implementing even rudimentary features, your reply is quite logical. I’m engineer in computer science, in computer programming. My suggestion would have a very low impact on the source code of this content management system.
Thank you for the tips.
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Thank you. We’ve registered your suggestion and will keep it in mind for future features and updates! Also, don’t forget the ideas forum, where you can discuss your suggestion with the WordPress.com community: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/ideas
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Thanks. I assume that the “ideas” forum is a more appropriate place to speak about that.
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