# Promoting Fortran in non-English languages

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/promoting-fortran-in-non-english-languages/678>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/promoting-fortran-in-non-english-languages/678 "2021-02-07T20:03:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/promoting-fortran-in-non-english-languages/678/52 "2021-05-15T17:28:21Z")

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@tomohirodegawa  
the work on the internationalization of the site is paused. See:

> <https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortran-lang.org/pull/201>
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> This patch introduces the infrastructure for localization support of the webpage… using the \[jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin\](https://github.com/kurtsson/jekyll-multiple-languages-plugin). You can checkout my \`i18n\` branch locally and add a new language as described in https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortran-lang.org/issues/197#issuecomment-775503384 to play around with the feature. Feedback is more than welcome on this patch.
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> \- \[x\] allow to replace page body with localized version
> \- \[x\] have markup only in main tree while translations provide content for page bodies
> \- \[x\] localize webpage title
> \- \[x\] localize all keywords in the main tree
> \- \[x\] localize all keywords in \`\_include\`
> \- \[x\] localize all keywords in \`\_layouts\`
> \- ~~localize permalinks~~
> \- \[x\] localize page names
> \- \[x\] avoid copying assets in every language subtree
> \- \[x\] include language navigation in footer
> \- \[x\] add documentation for translators
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> ~~This PR does not add localization to any language yet, a build preview will only show if nothing is broken.~~
> This pull request includes the Spanish translation provided by @aslozada and the French translation provided by @vmagnin, the side can be previewed at https://fortran-lang.org/pr/201/.

and @certik 's post:  
[https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-lang-is-now-second-in-google/931/21](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-lang-is-now-second-in-google/931/21)

It will need a big effort and finding the right tool to manage the website, and you can participate to the discussion:  
[https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortran-lang.org/issues/89](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortran-lang.org/issues/89)

In the meanwhile, what you can do to improve the ranking in search engines is to add content talking about the work of the Fortran community in your national web ecosystem:

- Review and revise the Japanese Wikipedia page (see [Reviewing all "Fortran" Wikipedia pages](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reviewing-all-fortran-wikipedia-pages/785)),
- and other Japanese wiki pages related to Fortran (for example, I have also entirely updated the [fortran [Wiki ubuntu-fr]](https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/fortran) page),
- post messages into Japanese forums talking about computer languages,
- etc.

On the French side, [Fortran-log.org](http://Fortran-log.org) was invisible in Google but that kind of effort brought it to the 8th page. Not marvelous, but the more good quality content appear in your language with links toward that website, the more the ranking will improve. It needs work and patience.

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