# Can I use multiple languages in my metadata description?

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**Created:** [12 September 2024 11:47 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/can-i-use-multiple-languages-in-my-metadata-description/444 "2024-09-12T11:47:39Z")\
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Yes. If you tick the checkmark next to _Multilingual_ for an element in the Component Registry, it will result in a multilingual field. With the xml:lang attribute you can then indicate the language in which an element has been described, see eg. the following fragment in [this example CMDI file](http://www.clarin.eu/cmd/example/example-md-instance.cmdi):

```auto
<!-- Note the support for multilingual fields, using the xml:lang attribute -->
<title xml:lang="eng">mister</title>
<title xml:lang="fra">monsieur</title>
<title xml:lang="nld">mijnheer</title>

```

For indicating the language we strongly advice to use the[ISO-639-3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3) language code.

Please note that enabling _Multilingual_ will make the element repeatable, even if the Maximum number of occurences is set to 1.