Public event and calendar pages open in the language set in each visitor's browser or device. AddCal does not use the visitor's location or IP address, and there is no language picker on the page. If the browser language is not supported, the page is shown in English.
To check a page in another language, change your browser's preferred language and reload the page.
Supported languages
AddCal supports 19 languages: Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
What is translated
The text AddCal writes on the page, such as labels, dates, the Going, Interested and Can't go buttons, and the default RSVP heading and submit button.
RSVP confirmation and reminder emails. These use the language the attendee saw when they RSVPed. When you import RSVPs, a Language column sets it for each person (see Collect RSVPs for an event).
Calendar invites. Each invite is sent in the language stored for that person (see Send calendar invites for an event).
If a phrase has no translation yet, it shows in English.
What is not translated
Your own content: event titles, descriptions, locations, calendar names, a custom RSVP heading or button text, and custom form questions. Write these in the language your attendees read.
The AddCal dashboard, which is English only.
You cannot set a fixed language for an event or calendar, or publish a separate version for each language. To reach readers in two languages, write both in the event description.
Set the language of your links and buttons
Add-to-calendar links and buttons you paste into emails or websites do not always know the reader's browser language, so you can choose it:
Open the event and go to the Share Event tab.
On the Add to Calendar Links or Add to Calendar Button card, choose a language from the Language menu. The button also offers Auto (Browser), which follows the visitor's browser.
Copy the updated code.
The Add to Calendar button supports 17 of the 19 languages: Finnish and Slovenian are not available yet, so a button set to either shows English. To show your own wording, set Button text instead. See Add to Calendar button: install, language and layout.
Calendar embeds
An embedded calendar follows the visitor's browser language by default. To fix its language, add data-lang with a language code to the embed container, such as data-lang="de". See Embed a calendar on your website.
Time zones
Visitors cannot change the language, but they can change the time zone shown on your public calendar page. See How time zones work.