How to Create a Multilingual QR Menu

In many restaurants, cafes and hotels – especially in tourist areas – your guest base is no longer monolingual. When your menu is only in one language, international guests struggle to understand dishes and prices clearly, which slows down their decision making.

In this guide we will walk through the steps of creating a multilingual QR menu and explain how you can set this up quickly with Karekod.Online.

Why a Multilingual QR Menu Matters

A multilingual QR menu is not just about “translation”. It is also a way to improve guest experience and your sales process:

• International guests can read the menu in their own language.
• When guests understand the content better, average spend per person increases.
• Waiters no longer have to repeat the same explanations at every table.
• Misunderstandings and wrong orders are reduced.

Step 1: Decide Which Languages to Support

First, choose your languages based on your venue’s location and audience. For example:

• Tourist coastal areas: Turkish + English + German / Russian,
• City hotels: Turkish + English + Arabic,
• Student-heavy districts: Turkish + English + an additional European language.

Instead of adding too many languages, it is usually better to prepare 2–3 languages really well.

Step 2: Choose a Primary (Reference) Language

In every multilingual menu there should be one “primary language”. This is usually Turkish.

• First prepare all categories and products in the primary language.
• Write concise and clear product descriptions.
• Only when the primary content is complete, move on to translation.

This way you are translating a finished menu rather than constantly changing text.

Step 3: Enable Languages in Karekod.Online

After logging into your Karekod.Online panel:

• Go to the menu settings and select which languages to enable,
• Activate the languages you need (e.g. EN, DE, RU),
• Arrange the order of languages for the best experience.

This prepares a single menu structure that can be used across multiple language layers.

Step 4: Use AI-Powered One-Click Translation

Karekod.Online offers AI-powered one-click translation to save you a lot of time:

• First prepare all text in Turkish,
• Select the target language and click the AI translate button,
• The system translates product names and descriptions,
• You can then review and fine-tune the result manually.

This allows you to create a multilingual menu in minutes instead of hours, even if you have hundreds of items.

Step 5: Plan Currencies and Price Display

With a multilingual menu, multi-currency price display often becomes important too.

• You may want to show prices both in your local currency and in € or $,
• Guests feel more comfortable when they see an “approximate” price in their own currency,
• In tourist areas, seeing the conversion directly on the menu builds trust.

With Karekod.Online’s multi-currency feature, you can define exchange rates in the panel and display prices in multiple currencies. This lets you:

• Charge in your local currency at the POS,
• While guests conveniently see the equivalent in their own currency.

Step 6: Make Language Switching Easy for Guests

One of the most important details is how guests switch languages. For a smooth experience:

• Use clear language codes (TR, EN, DE, RU, etc.),
• Language codes often look more professional than flags,
• Ideally, switch to the same product/category in the new language instead of sending guests back to the beginning of the menu.

Karekod.Online’s multilingual structure lets you serve all languages from a single QR, so you don’t need multiple codes on the table.

Step 7: Use Different Content per Language (If Needed)

In some venues, you may not want to show the exact same menu to everyone. For example:

• The Turkish menu includes everything,
• The foreign-language menu is more simplified.

In that case you can:

• Plan which categories or items are visible per language,
• Offer international guests a more curated, easy-to-browse selection.

Step 8: Run a Quality Check with a Native Speaker

AI translations are fast, but the final touch is best done by humans. If possible:

• Have a native speaker review the menu,
• Use local expressions for dish names where appropriate,
• Fix any phrases that might be confusing or culturally off.

Step 9: Test All Languages Before Going Live

Before you go live, check the following for each language:

• Are category titles displayed correctly?
• Are product names and descriptions consistent?
• Are currency symbols correct?
• Does the layout break anywhere on mobile, tablet or desktop?

Karekod.Online’s preview and demo management screens make it easy to test your menu in all languages.

Step 10: Keep All Languages in Sync

The most common mistake in multilingual menus is to update only the primary language and forget the others.

For example:

• You update the Turkish description but leave English unchanged,
• You add a new product in Turkish, but there is no translation in other languages.

This creates the impression of an incomplete menu. When updating items in Karekod.Online, it is good practice to quickly check other languages and trigger AI translation again if needed.