🔍 Overview
If Content Genius generates your meta title or meta description in the wrong language — for example, producing Dutch output when German is expected — the most common cause is an incorrect or missing language setting in your Brand Vault. Content Genius reads the target language directly from Brand Vault when generating and regenerating metadata. If that setting is wrong or absent, the output language will not match your expectations.
This article walks you through how to identify the problem, correct your Brand Vault language setting, and regenerate your metadata in the right language.
⚙️ Step 1: Check Your Brand Vault Language Setting
- In the left sidebar, navigate to your Brand Vault settings.
- Locate the Language field in your brand profile.
- Confirm the correct target language is selected (for example, German).
- If the language is incorrect or blank, update it to the desired language and save your changes.
Important: Content Genius uses this Brand Vault language directive every time it generates or regenerates metadata. An incorrect language here is the primary reason metadata appears in the wrong language.
✍️ Step 2: Regenerate Your Metadata in Content Genius
After correcting the Brand Vault language setting, you need to regenerate your metadata so Content Genius picks up the updated directive.
- In the left sidebar, go to Content → Content Genius.
- Open the article or content piece that has the incorrect metadata.
- Locate the meta title and meta description fields in the editor.
- Trigger a regeneration of the metadata fields. Content Genius will now reference the corrected Brand Vault language setting and produce output in the correct language.
- Review the regenerated metadata to confirm it appears in the expected language before publishing.
💡 Why This Happens
Content Genius V5 uses an editing agent to regenerate metadata when you make changes inside the editor. In earlier versions, this agent did not always inherit the language setting from Brand Vault, which caused metadata to fall back to a previously cached or default language. This issue has been resolved in the current version — as long as your Brand Vault language is set correctly, regenerated metadata will reflect the right language.
Common scenarios where this problem occurs:
- The Brand Vault language was set up incorrectly during initial account configuration.
- The language field was left blank, causing Content Genius to fall back to a default.
- Metadata was generated before a Brand Vault language correction was saved.
- An article was duplicated or reworked from content originally created under a different language setting.
✅ Best Practices to Avoid Language Mismatches
- Always verify your Brand Vault language setting before starting a new content project, especially when working in multiple languages.
- Regenerate metadata after any Brand Vault update — existing content does not update automatically when Brand Vault settings change.
- Review metadata before publishing to catch any language inconsistencies early.
- If you manage content for multiple languages or markets, confirm you are working under the correct brand profile before generating content.
🛠️ Still Seeing the Wrong Language?
If your metadata continues to generate in the wrong language after updating Brand Vault and regenerating, try the following:
- Refresh your browser and reopen the article in Content Genius before regenerating again.
- Confirm the save was successful in Brand Vault — look for a confirmation message after updating the language field.
- Check whether the article was created using a different brand profile that may still have an outdated language setting.
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