Languages

Which languages does Tiendo work in?

The short answer is: any language your crew reads. The longer answer is that three different things have three different levels of coverage, and you should know which is which before you rely on it.

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In short: Routines can be translated into any language — there is no fixed list. The staff-facing interface (buttons, headings, the read-and-understood confirmation) is verified in ten languages. The printable sign templates are verified in five. If your language isn't on a list below, the routines still work; only the buttons around them fall back to English.

Routines: any language

When you build a routine, you choose the languages to translate it into, and you can type any language — Nepali, Karen, Tigrinya, Burmese, K'iche', whatever your crew actually reads. Numbers, times and temperatures are kept exactly as you said them. This is the part that matters most and it has no list.

Staff interface: verified in ten

The words around the routine — Steps, Safety, Ask, I have read and understood — are hand-checked in Spanish, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian and Somali, plus English. In any other language the routine itself is translated but those buttons show in English. Workers manage fine; we mention it so you're not surprised.

Sign templates: verified in five

The free bilingual sign maker ships in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Arabic and Ukrainian. Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Chinese and Somali signs exist but haven't been checked by a native reader yet, so they're held back — a wrong nuance on a chemical warning is the one place we won't guess.

Coming next

Korean, Tagalog, Thai, Burmese, Amharic and Tigrinya for the staff interface. Korean and Tagalog first — Korean-owned restaurants and dry cleaners, and Filipino hotel and care staff, are large groups we currently under-serve. If your crew reads a language you don't see here, tell us at hello@tiendo.co and it moves up the list.

You can talk it in, in your language too

This isn't only about the crew. If you think in Korean, Spanish or Vietnamese and don't want to write procedures in English, describe the job in your own language. It comes back in English and in whatever your crew reads. Plenty of owners run great businesses without wanting to write formal English; that's fine here.

How it works

Talk it in. Walk through the job out loud, in whatever language you think in.
Get a clear routine. Tiendo structures it into steps, safety notes and checkpoints, then translates it into your team's language — numbers and times kept exact.
Your team reads and confirms. Post a QR code or hand a new hire one link. They read it on their phone and tap "read and understood."

One routine, every language your team speaks: EspañolKreyòlTiếng ViệtالعربيةPolski中文

Questions operators ask

Does Tiendo support Spanish?

Yes, fully — routines, the staff interface and sign templates are all verified in Spanish, which is the language most of our customers' crews read.

Can I translate a routine into a language that isn't listed?

Yes. Routines translate into any language you type. Only the buttons around the routine fall back to English if that language isn't in the verified ten.

Does it support Korean, Tagalog or Thai?

Routine translation works in all three today. The staff interface for those is next on our list — Korean and Tagalog first.

Are the translations accurate for safety instructions?

Numbers, times, temperatures and product names are kept exactly as you wrote them. We still ask you to review anything safety-critical before posting it, in any language, because a mistranslated warning is the one error worth catching.

Can I describe the job in Spanish and get English out?

Yes. Talk it in in whatever language you think in; it comes back in English plus every language you select.

Any language your crew reads.

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