Enabling content search in multiple languages

You can enable documents to be indexed and searched in a language-specific manner.

Note: Content synonyms are language-specific when you enable multiple language search, so make sure you set them per language. For more on synonyms, see Configuring content search.
Fastpath: Admin Console > System > Settings > Locale

To enable search in multiple languages:

  1. In the Admin Console, go to System > Settings > Locale and enable multi-language search and enter the allowed search languages.
  2. Go to Spaces > Settings > Space Settings > Locale and set the locale for any space whose content should be indexed in a language other than the system default language or its parent space language.
  3. Go to System > Settings > Search > Content Search > Index Tasks > Rebuild index and rebuild the search index. For more information, see Reindexing content search.
    Warning: Before you rebuild the community index, consider performance and the needs of your site users. We recommend that you do not reindex search manually during peak usage hours, for example, or during a site-wide campaign or an event that results in high usage.