Multiple languages

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  yogavichara · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 5:13 am

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  I want to publish my blog in two languages: English and Spanish. I read the entries on the forum, which mentioned using categories or two linked blogs to do this. However, I have a premium package. If I would want to link an identical blog in Spanish, would I have to purchase another package for the secondary blog? What is the best way to publish duplicate blogs/posts in two languages?

  Thanks,
  Yoga Vichara

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 30, 2012 at 6:05 am

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  You can set only one interface language in any blog here > Settings > General
  However, you can write a blog post in the two languages and then post the two versions of the entry on the same blog, make each language category (English, Spanish) , create a custom menu and add the categories pages to it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#creating-a-custom-menu
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-category-pages-to-your-menu

  Custom menus

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  yogavichara · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 9:48 am

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  Thanks for your help. I had read your solution in another post, and it’s what I’m using for now. It seems to be the best fix until multi-languages becomes a WordPress option.

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  iclrmp · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 10:30 pm

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  I saw one blog user has a drop down menu where you can select which language you want to read the blog. I would like this feature on my blog, but I do not see it as a widget, nor do I see it as an upgrade that I can purchase. Can someone help me?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 10:37 pm

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  You can create a custom menu and do the same thing I did on a single page on each an every individual page for each and every individual language and make each one of the pages sub-page in a custom menu. Then they will display as dropdowns.

  Frankly I like the one page approach much better http://thistimethisspace.com/translation/

  create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  create pages and sub-pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  add pages to custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pages
  add sub-pages to custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#changing-the-order-of-menu-items-and-creating-sub-menus

  There are many common errors, misunderstandings and misconceptions when creating custom menus and you can read about them here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

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  iclrmp · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 1:51 am

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  Thank you timethief, but I am not understanding what you posted. I do not want to create another whole page just with all the languages on it – it looked like on this wordpress page (see here: http://ilawyerblog.com/) it says “select a language” – I want to achieve the same result – a simple drop down menu. Is this possible?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 7:10 pm

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  That’s not a free hosted WordPress.com blog that you linked to. We cannot do that on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. That’s why I posted the workarounds above.