Working with several languages
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If you need to publish information in several languages in Omnia, you start with setting up the languages you need in Omnia admin.

To publish pages in more than one language, you use variations. A variation is really a copy of a main/source page, where a variation author can add the information in the chosen language. Different authors can be assigned to each variation if needed.

Languages for the variations are set up in the publishing app settings, meaning each publishing app can have it's own variations settings.

For more information about adding languages, see: :doc:`Regional settings </admin-settings/tenant-settings/settings/regional-settings/index>`

For more information about variations, see: :doc:`Language version of a page </pages/language-versions-of-a-page/index>`

Texts in blocks and variations
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When there are several languages set up in the tenant settings, but no variations in the publishing app, you can add the text in several languages, in most text fields in blocks. If it's possible, it's indicated by a flag in the field, for example:

.. image:: flag-in-field.png

Just click the flag and select the language you want to use, and add the text. If variations have been set up, you're supposed to use them instead.

.. image:: flag-in-field-select.png

Users should see the text in the language they have chosen in the language setting. If the text has not been added in the language a user has chosen, the text in the field falls back to default language as set in Omnia admin for the business profile.

When variations has been set up in a publishing app, adding texts in several languages are now done in the variation, in most block fields. This is also called a multiingual field. This is indicated by a "clean" field, for example:

.. image:: flag-in-field-clean.png

For more information on how an author/variation editor can work with a variation page, see: :doc:`Edit page variation </pages/edit-page-variations/index>`

Languages in settings and more
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If a text of some sort in a setting can be added in several languages, a flag is always shown. Variations is only applicable for the pages. One example is the title for the Create page dialog.