I like that we can change so that some parts of the site render in
our target language. But it is a lot of trouble to do that every
time, so I usually don't. Is it possible to add an option in
settings or some other place so that the site renders in the target
language every time a user enters the site? The more we use our
target language for everyday purposes, the faster we learn.
Site language

Dan-H24
March 19, 2015
jason☺
March 26, 2015
Hi Dan,
I haven't noticed that we can change the site language. Where is that option?
If so, I wonder why they would not just offer a menu of languages available in the upper right where they have username and search, etc. I think most sites offer a language setting either at the upper right (duolingo) or the bottom right (google/microsoft).
-Jason
I haven't noticed that we can change the site language. Where is that option?
If so, I wonder why they would not just offer a menu of languages available in the upper right where they have username and search, etc. I think most sites offer a language setting either at the upper right (duolingo) or the bottom right (google/microsoft).
-Jason

Dan-H24
March 26, 2015
Jason: up on the banner of the page, right under the logout button
is a link that says, for me, Español. I think you are a German
student, no? So there should be a little German flag and whatever
the German word for Germany is....Deutch?

Robert-C7
March 26, 2015
I believe the option is available only for certain languages like
Spanish and Japanese. For instance, when logged in to do
Spanish, in the upper right corner below "logout" I see a box with
South America followed by Espanol that I can click on to change the
language text. If there is nothing there, then that language
does not have that option.
They only offer the language that you are studying so in Spanish I can toggle between Spanish and English. In Japanese, I can toggle between Japanese and English.
They only offer the language that you are studying so in Spanish I can toggle between Spanish and English. In Japanese, I can toggle between Japanese and English.

toru e
March 26, 2015
The language change doesn't seem to be an option on either French
(Levels I-III) or German (Levels I-III). I checked all the tabs in
case the interface changed, but hovering below LogOut just logged
me out. :(
jason☺
March 27, 2015
Ahh, ok. Yep, as Torusan mentions, we have no options like that yet
for French or German.
Well, I think Dan is right. That makes a lot of sense to have it as a profile option.
For each study language you should be able to choose a default teaching language to avoid needing to switch to Spanish, see instructions in English and then have to change the teaching language (or interface language) to Spanish.
Well, I think Dan is right. That makes a lot of sense to have it as a profile option.
For each study language you should be able to choose a default teaching language to avoid needing to switch to Spanish, see instructions in English and then have to change the teaching language (or interface language) to Spanish.

jason-oxenham-founder
April 14, 2015
Hi all - Yes, the language can only be changed on Spanish and
Japanese at this stage. As the feature is not used by a large
percentage of people we aren't looking at rolling that out across
the other languages at this stage.

Steven-W15
April 14, 2015
The reason I don't use the feature, as Dan mentions at the start of
this thread, is that I have to turn it on every time. If it were
set permanently, I would leave it on.

jason-oxenham-founder
April 14, 2015
Hi Steven - Ok, I will add making the toggle "permanent" to the
wish list for future product development.

William-G73
August 13, 2015
Rocket English all instructions are in English pointless, help.