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Are you bilingual or multilingual? The general rule on LinkedIn is that you may only have one

profile; having multiple profiles is a violation of the Terms of Service that could get you booted

off the site. However, there is one exception to that rule: the Secondary Language Profile.

As of April 2014, 67% of LinkedIn members are located outside of the US. Because such a

large portion of users are multilingual and interested in connecting with people both inside and

outside of English-speaking countries, LinkedInallows users to set up additional LinkedIn

profiles that cater to secondary languages.

LinkedIn supports the following languages:

English | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | Czech | Danish | Dutch | French |

German | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Malay | Norwegian | Polish | Portuguese |

Romanian | Russian | Spanish | Swedish | Tagalog | Thai | Turkish

Click here for a list of languages supported by LinkedIn mobile applications.

NOTE: You cannot change the default language of your profile once you've set it up in a

particular language. It's recommended that you set up a secondary language profile instead.

Creating a Profile in Another Language

To create a profile in another language, go to your Profile page and click the down arrow to the

right of your "Edit Profile" button. Select "Create profile in another language":

Choose your language from the drop down menu:

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You'll also want to update your Professional Headline. Then click "Create Profile."

The language you select will determine the default language for your profile display and also

the language in which you will receive messages from the LinkedIn Corporation. Content and

messages will always be displayed in the language in which they are written. LinkedIn does

not translate content or messages for you, so you will need to go through each section and

update all necessary fields. Remember to save each section before continuing onto the next.

When a member signs in to LinkedIn and views your profile, they will see it in the language

you chose when you set up your account; or, if you have multiple profiles in several

languages, viewers will see the one most relevant to them. The viewer has the ability to

choose from your language profiles by selecting one from the dropdown menu underneath

your profile photo.

All of your language profiles will show up in search engines and have their own URL.

You can also delete a secondary language profile by selecting the language from this drop

down list. Just select "Delete this profile link" and click Delete.

Let me know if this article was useful to you! Also note that the inspiration for this topic came

from a question submitted by one of my readers... so please do contribute your ideas if you

have them!

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Michael Wolf

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I had just found out about this feature a coupe of days ago and I now have an English and

Dutch profile. It's as easy as 1-2-3. Perhaps I'll make a French one too.

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