# I18N - should i translate my search or store translated terms?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i18n-should-i-translate-my-search-or-store-translated-terms/630>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i18n-should-i-translate-my-search-or-store-translated-terms/630 "2015-05-13T14:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdh2550](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@jdh2550](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jdh2550)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i18n-should-i-translate-my-search-or-store-translated-terms/630/1 "2015-05-13T14:59:42Z")

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I have an index with data as follows:

```
{
   ...
   "type": "Door"
  ....
},
{
   ...
   "type": "Window"
  ....
},

```

I want to allow I18N of this field and allow for it to display in the UX in the local language and allow for the user to search using local language.

Would it be better to store the translated terms in ES? Or to perform the translations outside of ES?

If I store the translations in the index would this be a good use of a multi-field? Or would it be better to make the "type" field an object with a data member for each language?

Thanks,  
John H.

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**Author:** ![muhammet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/muhammet/32/17876_2.png) [@muhammet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muhammet)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i18n-should-i-translate-my-search-or-store-translated-terms/630/2 "2017-05-02T20:10:49Z")

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Hi John,

Did you find any recommendation for this?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i18n-should-i-translate-my-search-or-store-translated-terms/630/3 "2017-07-05T22:00:42Z")

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