Use multiple languages in one post? (E.g. poetry translation)

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  howardlandman · Member · Apr 6, 2021 at 6:27 pm

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  I want to have a single post contain 2 different languages, usually English plus (German or Spanish or Chinese Simplified). How can I mark a Paragraph or Verse block as being a different language? I know how to do it in HTML (lang=’DE’), but when I try that in the code editor it won’t accept it. Typical use case is that I want to present a poem in its original language, followed by my English translation.

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  supernovia · Staff · Apr 6, 2021 at 9:10 pm

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  Hi @howardlandman, great question. You could probably just convert to a plain HTML block if you had to, but it would be nice if a lang setting could be available in text blocks going forward.

  I found an issue on that here:
  https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/15349

  It hasn’t received a lot of traction, but I’m noting your post there.