OTel Docs Localized Announcement Blog Post

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+title: OpenTelemetry website goes multilingual!
+date: 2024-08-21
+expiryDate: 2024-09-30
+weight: -240821 # top
+---
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+<i class="fas fa-language"></i> {{% param title %}}
+[Learn more](/blog/2024/docs-localized/)

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+title: OpenTelemetry website goes multilingual!
+linkTitle: Multilingual website
+date: 2024-08-21
+author: >-
+  [Severin Neumann](https://github.com/svrnm) (Cisco)
+issue: 4863
+sig: Comms
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that the OpenTelemetry website is available in multiple
+languages! Localization teams have already started to translate website pages
+into [Chinese](/zh), [Japanese](/ja), [Portuguese](/pt), and [Spanish](/es).
+
+The OpenTelemetry project has grown to include contributors and users from all
+over the world. Making the website available in multiple languages is an
+important step for ensuring that everyone, regardless of their native language,
+can contribute to the project. We are also thrilled that this initiative gives
+end users access to multilingual documentation, making it easier to learn and
+understand OpenTelemetry.
+
+To access the website in your preferred language, use the language selector at
+the top right of the page.
+
+We invite you to contribute to this effort. You can find fellow localization
+contributors in the
+[#otel-docs-localization](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C076RUAGP37)
+Slack channel. If you are fluent in a language that is supported already, you
+can help by authoring or reviewing translations. If your language is not yet
+supported and you'd like to help translate,
+[create an issue](<https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/issues/new?title=Add+%3CYOUR%20LANGUAGE%3E+(%3CYOUR+CODE%3E)+version+of+website+pages&body=%3C!--+Provide+github+handles+of+at+least+2+people+that+will+work+on+this+translation+project%20--%3E>).
+
+Your contributions can make a meaningful impact!
+
+We thank all contributors for making this possible, and we look forward to
+seeing how these new language options improve the OpenTelemetry user experience.