Translated text: should I use canonical link?

[JoLinda91]

Hello everybody,

I'm writing an article in Danish, which I have translated into English on a Danish blog. But I'm not sure if I have to use the canonical link from the English version to the Danish, or whether I should just publish both without using canonical link. What is your recommendation for this?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks & regards,

Jonathan

[TomRayner]

Hi Jonathan

I like to get into the habit of having a self-referring canonical tag by default, but to answer your question you won't need to have one present if you're publishing in English and Danish.

From an SEO perspective, having the content in a separate language will essentially make it unique.  Might be the exact same article, but Google will see it as unique.  So you can publish without a canonical tag, should you wish to do so.

[JoLinda91]

Thank you a lot for your answer, Tom