Guide
How to Grow Your X Account With an International Audience
Reply to people in their own language. Replies in someone's native language get read, answered, and followed back — English-only replies get scrolled past. X's built-in translate can't help you here: it translates posts you read, never your replies or DMs. Yaply, a Chrome extension, translates your replies and DMs into native-sounding language, one click.
Reply in their language
The fastest way to grow internationally is replying to big accounts in their own language. A sharp reply in Japanese under a Japanese dev's post stands out instantly — you're often the only foreigner there. English reply sections are saturated; non-English ones are wide open. That means profile visits, follow-backs, and reach nobody else is competing for. Most creators skip this because they can't write the language. That's the barrier Yaply removes: you write in your language, your reply posts in theirs, sounding native.
X translates posts. Nothing else.
X's built-in translate does one thing: it translates posts you read. Roughly — slang and irony get flattened — but it works. What it never does: write your replies, or translate your DMs. So you can lurk in any language, but you can't participate. And participation is what grows an account. Yaply covers all three: posts translated faithfully (tone, slang, emojis kept), replies written in native-sounding language, DMs translated both ways.
DMs turn reach into a network
Replies get you noticed. DMs get you clients, collabs, and partnerships. Most creators never DM outside their language because a clumsy message reads as spam. With DMs translated both ways — you read in your language, you answer in theirs — you can pitch a Korean founder or a German trader the way you'd pitch someone from your own city. Those are the conversations that compound into growth.
How to do it with Yaply
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Install the Yaply Chrome extension
Get it at yaply.app. It's 6.99€/mo, -25% for life with the launch coupon.
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Sign in and pick your language
Yaply now translates every post in your feed, faithfully. Tone, slang and irony stay intact.
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Find 5 big accounts in a language you don't speak
Read their posts like a native. Pick the ones your niche follows.
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Reply in your own words
One click, and your reply posts in their language, sounding native. Do this daily.
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DM the people who follow back
You read their messages in your language and answer in theirs. That's where growth turns into a network.
Common questions
Will my replies sound machine-translated?
No. Yaply writes native-sounding replies, tone and slang included. X's robotic translate is exactly what you're avoiding.
Do I need to speak the language at all?
No. You read their posts in your language and write in your language. Yaply handles both directions.
Does X translate DMs?
No. X's built-in translate only covers posts you read. Yaply translates DMs both ways and your replies too.