Maintenance (1): Write in English, Read in Japanese (and 7 More Languages)
Wiki Output Language decouples your writing language from your reading language. Karpathy LLM Wiki generates the same content in 8 languages, independent of your Obsidian UI.
The Problem: Your Language, Your Choice
You’re a Japanese developer using Obsidian with an English UI. You keep Japanese notes in your vault. Should your Wiki come out in English or Japanese?
Before v1.6.5, the answer was: it had to match your UI language.
The Solution: Independent Wiki Output Language
v1.6.5 introduced the Wiki Output Language setting — choose what language the LLM writes Wiki pages in, independent from the plugin’s UI language.
You can now have:
- English UI + Japanese Wiki
- Chinese UI + English Wiki
- Any combination of the 8 supported languages
Supported languages: EN, ZH, JA, KO, DE, FR, ES, PT — plus custom input.
How It Works
All LLM-facing prompts are written in English. The Wiki Output Language setting is injected as a configuration parameter. This means:
- Consistent prompt quality — English prompts are most reliable
- No prompt translation overhead — no 8 versions of every prompt
- Flexible output — the LLM handles translation at generation time
What’s Next
The multi-language Wiki was step one. The next step was bringing the same 8-language support to the plugin’s own UI — which happened in v1.8.0.