Menu in five languages – dishes, extras and selection groups
Your menu can appear in five languages: German, English, Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish, with Arabic shown right to left. You maintain each dish only once and have it translated – a single dish as often as you like, the complete menu once per month. What gets translated is not only the name and the description, but also the category names as well as the variants, extras and selection groups from which your guest builds the dish. The guest chooses the language on your menu, and that choice is retained.
Which five languages
German, English, Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish. Arabic is not only translated but also set correctly from right to left (RTL), so the layout does not slip. For an overview of the feature, see Multilingual menu; for the menu as a whole, see Digital menu.
Translating a single dish – as often as you like
Inside the dish you trigger the translation. Individual dishes can be translated as often as you like: if you change a description, add an extra or correct a name, you simply start the translation again. Category names are translated the same way – see Categories. For the dish of the day that you create at eleven in the morning, this is the short route: create, translate, set active.
The whole menu in one go
In the management board you have the entire menu translated at once. This is possible once per month and covers the active dishes – the ones your guests currently see. This area is enabled depending on the restaurant. A sensible order is: build the menu completely, translate it once in full, then follow up on new dishes one by one. Both routes are explained in Translate the menu.
Variants, extras and selection groups too
A translation that stops at the name of the dish is of little help, because the guest decides while building the order. That is why the building blocks are carried along: variants (sizes, for example), extras with a surcharge and selection groups including their options. An extra without a surcharge appears to the guest as Free. A selection group marked as Mandatory requires exactly one choice, and from about five options onwards the guest gets a searchable selection field. The total price updates with every choice. What you set up for this is described in Prices, Variants, Extras & Selection Groups. Which of these options are available to you may differ depending on how your restaurant is set up.
What your guest does
At the top of the page the guest taps the language selection and picks German, English, Arabic, Kurdish or Turkish. The choice is retained: if the same guest returns two weeks later, the menu continues in that language straight away. Digits and prices remain unchanged in every language. The public guide for this is Change the menu language.
The honest part
Content appears translated if you have had it translated – otherwise the guest sees it in the source language. The translation is produced automatically, so read the result before you set a dish active, especially for house specialities and proper names. Because individual dishes can be translated without any limit, a correction costs no more than one further click.
Note on mixed scripts
If you mix Latin and Arabic script in one field – for example „Shawarma شاورما" in the name field – a warning appears. It does not block saving, but it recommends staying with one script per field, because mixed script can interfere with the automatic translation.
The language of your panel is something else
In the panel you additionally set your operating language – the same five languages, Arabic likewise right to left. That translates the interface, not the content of your menu; the two are separate. Language and design are stored per browser and device. See Panel Language & Design.
On the screens in the shop as well
The language can also be set per board (German by default), with Arabic running right to left there too. So the board above the counter can run in German while the guest at the table reads the menu in Turkish.
Who benefits from this?
Restaurants in neighbourhoods where not every guest reads German: businesses with walk-in trade, Syrian, Kurdish and Turkish kitchens, places near a university or a station with many international guests. The practical gain is twofold: the guest no longer asks about every ingredient at the counter, and orders the wrong thing less often – which saves follow-up questions and discussions at the door. It brings little benefit if your menu has five dishes that everyone knows anyway.
Frequently asked questions
In which languages can my menu appear?
The menu can appear in five languages: German, English, Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish. Arabic is displayed from right to left.
How often can I have a single dish translated?
You can have a single dish translated as often as you like. Category names are translated the same way, likewise without any limit.
How do I translate my whole menu in one go?
You translate the entire menu in the management board in a single pass. This is possible once per month and covers the active dishes; the area is enabled depending on the restaurant.
Are extras and selection groups translated as well?
Yes. Besides the name and description of the dish, variants, extras and selection groups including their options are translated as well. That way the guest builds the dish entirely in the chosen language.
Do I have to maintain the menu separately for each language?
No. You maintain your dishes and categories once and have them translated. If you change something later, you start the translation for that dish again.
How does the guest choose a language on the menu?
The guest taps the language selection at the top of the page and picks a language. The choice is retained, so on the next visit the menu continues in that language straight away. Digits and prices remain unchanged.
Does the language of my panel translate the menu too?
No. The operating language of the panel translates only the interface, not the content of your menu. You translate the menu for your guests inside the dish or in the management board.
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