Answers.Body: <p>This is done by appending &amp;lcMessages=fr_FR to the URL (where fr_FR is the desired language code).</p>
  
  <p>When multiple languages are enabled, there is a language switcher block that becomes enabled. What threw me off is that in Joomla that is a fixed block in the admin interface left sidebar -- but is not available to the public side of the site. In Drupal it is a block, which is more configurable. But all the language switcher does is reload the current URL with the appropriate language value.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a Civi install that needs to support multiple languages for a few forms. The site itself is not multilingual, so I've not enabled the option to inherit the CMS language, and the language-switching should be available to anonymous users, so I can't make use of the language preference field. I'd like to be able to allow the visitor to switch the language dynamically -- presumably with a URL parameter. Is there a way to do this?</p>
  
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Title: is it possible to switch languages on a page manually?
ThreadText: # is it possible to switch languages on a page manually?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-31)
  
  I have a Civi install that needs to support multiple languages for a few forms. The site itself is not multilingual, so I've not enabled the option to inherit the CMS language, and the language-switching should be available to anonymous users, so I can't make use of the language preference field. I'd like to be able to allow the visitor to switch the language dynamically -- presumably with a URL parameter. Is there a way to do this?
  
  **Tags:** localisation
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-01-01. Score: 6
  
  This is done by appending &lcMessages=fr\_FR to the URL (where fr\_FR is the desired language code).
  
  When multiple languages are enabled, there is a language switcher block that becomes enabled. What threw me off is that in Joomla that is a fixed block in the admin interface left sidebar -- but is not available to the public side of the site. In Drupal it is a block, which is more configurable. But all the language switcher does is reload the current URL with the appropriate language value.
  
  
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