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subtitle: Ship documentation in multiple languages from a single source
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Fern lets you publish your documentation in multiple languages from a single source. Readers switch languages from a dropdown in your site header, and each locale gets its own indexable URL for SEO.
Fern lets you publish your documentation in multiple languages from a single source. Readers switch languages from a dropdown in your site header and each locale gets its own indexable URL for SEO.
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📝 [vale] reported by reviewdog 🐶
[Microsoft.URLFormat] Use 'of' (not 'for') to describe the relationship of the word URL to a resource.


You maintain your default-language pages as usual. When you run `fern generate --docs`, Fern auto-translates them into every configured language as part of the build, so your site rebuilds with up-to-date translations each time.


<Frame caption="See it live on the [i18n example site](https://i18n.docs.buildwithfern.com/) ([source](https://github.com/fern-api/docs-examples/tree/main/i18n/fern)).">
<video
src="i18n.mp4"
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fern generate --docs
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When you regenerate your docs, Fern picks up the translations, renders the language switcher, and emits a sitemap entry per locale.
When you regenerate your docs, Fern picks up the translations, renders the language switcher, and emits a sitemap entry per locale. You can also preview translations locally with `fern docs dev`.

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