Duplicate content question? thanks

[M_8]

Hi, Im my time as an SEO I have never come across the following two scenarios, I am an advocate of using unique content, therefore always suggest and in cases demand that all content is written or re-written.

This is the scenarios I am facing right now.

For Example we have www.abc.com (has over 200 original recipes) and then we have www.xyz.com with the recipes but they are translated into another language as they are targeting different audiences, will Google penalize for duplicate content?

The other issue is that the client got the recipes from www.abc.com (that have been translated) and use them in www.xyz.com aswell, both sites owned by the same company so its not pleagurism they have legal rights but I am not sure how Google will see it and if it will penalize the sites.

Thanks!

[KTaylor]

If the recipes that appear on both sites are in different languages then you are fine. If they are the same language, then I would consider re-writing the recipes one of of the sites so that they are not duplicated exactly (might be challenging for parts of a recipe).

[M_8]

Thanks for your quick response, what about having the same content in this case recipes in two different sites, both owned by the same organization.

[KTaylor]

Great question. I think you are fine with having the same content on two sites in different languages. Google I smart enough to see that you are targeting difference audiences, locales, etc. The queries that would drive traffic to each site are completed different (language-wise) so the two sites are not even in competition with each other generally speaking. I would personally move forward with the two sites without worry.

I would suggest using hand-written translations though, rather than auto translations, which should also help differentiate, if you are super worried.