---
title: '|language_name_translated'
description: gives a language's name in the active language.
date: '2026-08-21'
categories:
  - Filter
  - String
canonical: https://djangotemplatetagsandfilters.com/filters/language_name_translated/
doc_link: >-
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.1/topics/i18n/translation/#std-templatefilter-language_name_translated
---

# |language_name_translated

gives a language's name in the active language.

## Documentation

The language's name translated into whatever language the page is currently in.

### Template

```django
{% load i18n %}
{{ "fr"|language_name_translated }}
```

### Result

```django
francés
```

Rendered on a Spanish page. On an English one it would read “French”.