Languages
The platform in ten language variants, how each person picks theirs, the community's language and the language of emails, and what is translated and what isn't.
Memberfy speaks ten variants of five languages:
| Language | Variants |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Brazil, Portugal |
| English | United States |
| Spanish | Spain, Mexico, Argentina |
| Italian | Italy |
| German | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
What it's for
A community with members in several countries: a Brazilian school with students in Portugal and Angola, a company with teams in Argentina and Mexico, an international event.
How it works
Each person in their own language
The interface language is chosen per person, not per community:
- On first access, the platform uses the browser's language if it's one of the ten; otherwise, English.
- At the top of the screen, the language selector switches it instantly.
- The choice is saved in that browser.
In the same community, one member reads in Portuguese and another in Spanish, at the same time.
The community's language
Each community has a main language, agreed when it's created. It's the language of the emails the platform sends on the community's behalf (welcome, payments, events). It also applies to anyone who hasn't picked a language yet. To change it, ask the AI assistant ("change the community language to Mexican Spanish"), use the API (PUT /api/communities/{id} with language, as owner or admin) or talk to the Memberfy team. Only the ten variants in the table above are accepted (pt-BR, es-MX…); a code without the region, such as pt, is refused.
What is translated
| Translated? | |
|---|---|
| Menus, buttons, notices and error messages | Yes, by the platform |
| Platform emails | Yes, in the community's language |
| What the community writes: posts, space names, plans, descriptions | No: it shows exactly as written |
For a bilingual community, write space and plan names in both languages, or create spaces per language (Announcements and Anuncios, for example).
Step by step: change the screen language
Role: anyone.
- At the top, click the language selector.
- Pick the variant.
Examples
A school with students in Brazil and Portugal. The community is pt-BR; students in Portugal choose Português (Portugal) and see Definições and Faturação in the menu. Emails stay in pt-BR.
A company with a team in Argentina. The Argentine team chooses Español (Argentina). The spaces Announcements and Announcements (ES) keep the texts apart by language.
Frequently asked questions
Is there French? No.
Does a member's language apply in all their communities? The choice is saved in the browser: it applies to the communities opened in that browser.
Does the API answer in another language?
Yes: send Accept-Language with the variant (pt-BR, en-US, es-ES, it-IT, de-DE and the others). See API introduction.