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Specify your language

The language attribute in HTML helps assistive technology (AT) like screen readers decide which language or voice to use when reading pages content. It impacts other pieces of CSS on some browsers, like hyphen placement and currencies, primarily for accessibility; it communicates the language of the content to screen readers.

Full page or screen language

Code the language attribute on the <html> tag or in your app properly.

Example: <html lang="en"> or <html lang="fr">

Part of page or screen in a different language

Code the language attribute properly for any pieces of content in different languages.

If the language changes on the page (e.g. a French or a Pujabi language link), define the language for that content fragment:

<a href=”#” lang=“fr”>français</a>
<a href=”#” lang=“pa”>Pujabi</a>

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The TELUS team acknowledges that our work spans many Territories and Treaty areas and we are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who have gone before us and the youth that inspire us. We recognize the land and the benefits it provides all of us, as an act of Reconciliation, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on, work on or are visiting. Learn more about TELUS’ commitments to Reconciliation.