A venue writes its menu in one language, or two. Its guests arrive with thirteen. TapTime closes that gap for you: everything you write on a menu is translated automatically into every language your page offers, and the guest reads the one their phone asks for.
Panel Website & Design Menu Languages
What is translated, and when
Dish names and descriptions, option labels, badges, your own allergens, section headings, offers, promotional banners and your description of the business. Prices are not: one price, shown in your currency, whatever language it is read in.
The state beside each language
| What it says | What it means |
|---|---|
| Your own text | You took this language over and write it yourself. |
| Translated | Ready, and being shown to guests who ask for it. |
| Translating… | The menu is being worked through. Come back in a few minutes. |
| Not translated yet | Nothing stored yet. Translate asks for it now rather than waiting. |
Taking a language over
A translation is never as good as your own words for the dishes you are proud of. Edit translations on a language adds it to the menu as yours: its fields appear in every category and item form, pre-filled with what was already translated, and from then on what you write wins.
- Nothing you write is ever overwritten by a machine translation. Your words come first, the translation second, your own language last.
- A field you leave empty still falls back — the guest sees the translation, never a blank card.
- Retranslate asks for the whole menu again. It is what you want after an import, or after rewriting your descriptions.
- Source marks the language you actually write the menu in — the one everything else is translated from.
Which language the page opens in
Opens in, on the Design screen, decides what a guest who has not chosen anything sees. Everything else stays one tap away in the header. A guest whose phone asks for a language you offer gets that one instead, without touching anything.
Frequently asked
Do I have to do anything to get my menu translated?
No. Write it in your own language and the rest happens on its own, into every language your page offers, including ones you have never opened.
Can I correct a translation I do not like?
Yes — press Edit translations on that language. Its fields appear in every item and category, pre-filled with the translation, and what you write there is what guests read.
Which languages should a tourist venue write itself?
Your own, plus whichever nationality actually walks in. Look at where your guests come from rather than at a list of big languages; the rest are translated anyway.
Does adding a language cost extra?
No. Languages are part of the menu module, however many you write yourself and however many are translated for you.
Thank you — that helps us make these guides better.
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