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title: "Does Perplexity search across languages when I ask in English?"  
description: "Does Perplexity search across languages when I ask in English?"  
author: "Mithila Roy"  
published: 2026-10-17  
updated: 2026-10-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162509/does-perplexity-search-across-languages-when-i-ask-in-english  
category: "Multilingual Search"  
tags: ["Perplexity", "search", "Multilingual", "research"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does Perplexity search across languages when I ask in English?

For research on topics that are covered differently in different countries, I often search in English but suspect useful material exists in other languages. Does Perplexity look for **non-English sources** in that situation, or should I write the query in each language myself?

I’m also wondering how it presents those results: does it cite the original-language page, translate the relevant passage, or tend to favor English-language coverage? Experiences with multilingual research would be helpful.


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