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Each status page has a language. It controls the words Observer puts on the page (labels, buttons, status words, empty states) and how dates and numbers are formatted. It does not translate what you write.

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Supported languages

Every page uses English until you choose otherwise.

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Change the language

1

Open the page in the page editor

In the console, open Pages and select the page.
2

Pick a language

In the Identity section, choose a language from Language.
3

Save

Click Save. The public page, on its subdomain and on its custom domain, renders in the new language from the next request.
One page has one language; visitors cannot switch it. To serve two languages, create a page per language.

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What is translated

  • The page interface: status words (“Operational”, “Degraded”), section headings, the uptime calendar, the incident history, the upcoming maintenance list, buttons, and footer links.
  • Dates, times, and numbers: month and weekday names, word order, and the 12- or 24-hour clock follow the language. Times still use the timezone set in Identity.
  • The page’s subpages: incident permalinks and history, the Reliability Center, the password prompt, and the not-found page.
  • The subscribe form, its error messages, and the pages a subscriber sees after clicking a link: confirmation, unsubscribe, and subscription preferences.
  • The embeddable status widget.
  • The default browser tab title, the default search description, and the page’s declared language (<html lang>), which screen readers and search engines use.

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What is not translated

  • Anything you write: the page title, incident and maintenance titles and updates, service and metric names, descriptions, footer link labels, and a custom search description. Write these in the page’s language yourself.
  • Notifications: subscriber emails (including the confirmation email) and Slack, Teams, and webhook messages are sent in English.
  • Machine-readable surfaces: the Atom and RSS feeds, the calendar feed, the JSON status document and badge. Their field names and fixed text stay in English.
  • The console. Only the public page changes.