Ireland

To which language should you translate to localize in Ireland?

The main language spoken in Ireland is English, differing dialects and accents add colour and flavour to the language. But the culture of language has an old history in the Emerald Isle. Before the introduction of English, Irish Gaelic would have been the dominant language. There are enclaves of Donegal, Kerry and Galway where this still is the majority language spoken. Even within the Irish Gaelic language there are dialects, which developed due to slight differences in accent and expression.

Official language

English (98.4%; 5.17 mln), Gaelic (1.6%; 84k)

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Ireland

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

• 126/150 localize by translating into English
• 4/150 localize by translating into both English and Gaelic
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Gaelic and Irish Sign Language
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, French and Simplified Chinese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, German and French
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Polish, Korean and Japanese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Korean and Japanese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Simplified Chinese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish, Thai and Ukrainian