The Hebcal website and APIs support 16 different languages for event titles. By default, Hebcal uses Sephardic transliterations. To transliterate event titles in a different language, specify lg=LANG parameter using one of the following values:
| lg= | Meaning |
|---|---|
| s | Sephardic transliterations (default if unspecified) |
| a | Ashkenazic transliterations |
| he | Hebrew – עִברִית |
| he-x-NoNikud | Hebrew (no nikud) – עברית |
| de | German – Deutsch |
| es | Spanish – Español |
| fr | French – français |
| ru | Russian – ру́сский язы́к |
| nl | Dutch – Nederlands |
| pl | Polish – język polski |
| fi | Finnish – Suomalainen |
| hu | Hungarian – Magyar nyelv |
| ro | Română – Romanian |
| ashkenazi_romanian | Română (Ashk.) – Romanian (Ashk.) |
| uk | українська – Ukrainian |
| sh | Sephardic translit. + Hebrew |
| ah | Ashkenazis translit. + Hebrew |
| ashkenazi_standard | Ashkenazic translit (“standard”) |
| ashkenazi_litvish | Ashkenazic translit (Litvish) |
| ashkenazi_poylish | Ashkenazic translit (Poylish) |
For example, depending on which language is selected, the event title “Sukkot” will be transliterated as one of the following:
- Soukkot
- Sucos
- Sucot
- Sukkos
- Sukkot
- Sukot
- Szukkot
- Суккот
- סוּכּוֹת
- סוכות