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is it possible to publish in spanish on this server? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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hi, i am new on lemmy and i want to use it with some friends, but we speak in spanish, can i publish here on that language? gracias por la respuesta!

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[โ€“] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The language selection on a post/comment doesn't alter how the content of the post or comment is published. It works in conjunction with the user-level language setting to filter what content other people see. So if you set the language to on your post to Spanish, then the only users who will see it are those who have added either Spanish or Undetermined to the Languages list in their user settings. For everyone who doesn't have one of those two languages enabled in their settings your post/comment will simply not be displayed.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Oh wow, so if I want to see English AND Spanish content, I would need to add both languages? Neat. TIL!

    Oh, looks like that's not an option for me (lemmy.zip). Are you able to add multiple languages on other instances?

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    What's the issue? It should be possible on any instance. I added English and German.

    I do remember my app doesn't support this, I had to do it through the website with the regular Lemmy web frontend.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    On mine, there's a dropdown to select your language. There is no option to add an additional one.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You should be able to log in using your browser, even on mobile, and set it there. Then it should display posts of both languages even in your app, despite it not allowing you to properly apply this setting in your app. Just keep sure to also select 'undetermined' as most people don't bother selecting the language when they post.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Undetermined is it's own "language", equivalent to not picking one in the dropdown. Your post is actually "Undetermined". You can see [edit: at least on desktop] that mine has a little "English" on it which yours lack. So picking Undetermined will not show you Spanish, you have to pick the language in settings.

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