Multilingual POS
A multilingual POS that speaks your team's language.
Every staff member picks their own interface language. Every receipt prints in the language your customer reads. Arabic and Urdu run properly right to left.
- ES · SpanishTotal a pagar
- AR · Arabicالمبلغ الإجمالي
- UR · Urduکل رقم
- VI · VietnameseTổng cộng
- ZH · Chinese合计
- KO · Korean합계
- HI · Hindiकुल राशि
- TL · TagalogKabuuan
Why it matters
One in five people in the US speaks another language at home
About 22% of people aged 5 and over in the US speak a language other than English at home, and about 61.1% of them speak Spanish. When staff use the register in the language they read best, training is faster and mistakes with modifiers, discounts and change are rarer.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: language spoken at home (ACS 2018–2022).
In the UAE and Pakistan
UAE shop teams commonly mix Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog. In Pakistan, most shopkeepers read Urdu in Nastaliq script every day, which is why our Urdu pages use a Nastaliq font.
Multi-country POSFour layers
Where language is set
Interface, per user
Each user chooses their language in their profile. A technician can work in Vietnamese while the front desk uses English on the same account.
Receipts, per location
Invoice layouts set the labels printed on receipts. Create one per language, or a bilingual layout such as Arabic and English side by side.
Online store
Product names and store labels appear in the language you set. The managed website can be fully bilingual.
Your own words
Custom translations let you change any word in the interface to match how your trade talks. Your edits survive updates.
Right to left, done properly
In Arabic and Urdu the whole layout mirrors: menus sit on the right, arrows point the other way, text aligns right. Numbers, prices and barcodes still read left to right inside the text, the way people write them.
إيصال · Receipt
Illustration of a bilingual receipt layout.
Edition sites by extra language
Every edition site is in English, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu. These add more:
- Chinese
- Restaurant, Grocery & Market, Bakery, Diner & Multi-Location, Boutique, General Retail, Jewelry, Pharmacy
- Korean
- Restaurant, Spa & Nail Salon, Grocery & Market, Convenience Store, Cafe, Bottle Shop, Hair Salon, Boutique, Auto Repair, Gym & Studio, Jewelry, Pharmacy
- Vietnamese
- Restaurant, Spa & Nail Salon, Grocery & Market, Bakery, Hair Salon, Auto Repair, Pharmacy
- Hindi
- Convenience Store, Jewelry
- Tagalog
- Pharmacy
FAQ · 8
Language questions
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01What is a multilingual POS?
A multilingual POS lets staff use the register in their own language and print receipts in the customer's. In SmartPOS the interface language is set per user and the receipt language per invoice layout.
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02Can different staff use different languages?
Yes. Language is set per user, so a mixed team can share one account and one set of reports.
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03Can a receipt show two languages?
Yes. Create a bilingual invoice layout, for example Arabic and English, or Spanish and English.
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04Is Arabic and Urdu right to left?
Yes. The interface mirrors for right-to-left languages while numbers, prices and barcodes stay readable.
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05What if a word is translated badly?
Edit it in custom translations. Your version replaces the default everywhere.
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06Which languages are available?
The software ships with many translations, including Spanish, Arabic, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Hindi, and you can add others. This website is in English, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu; each edition site adds its trade's languages.
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07Is support available in my language?
Support answers in English, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu. For other languages, we use your edition site's translations and written replies.
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08Can product names be in two languages?
Yes. Add the second name in the product description or a custom field and include it on the receipt layout.
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Set your language in the first minute.
Pick it at sign-up; give each staff member theirs when you invite them.
