Setting Up Languages
11 min
you can set the languages available for your users from the languages workspace in the configuration console available languages and cultures docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3setting the default language for a new user docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3defining language availability docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3deleting a language and culture docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3adding a language and culture with translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3adding a language and culture without translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3 available languages and cultures about the available languages and cultures docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3supported languages and cultures with translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3supported languages and cultures without translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3 about the available languages and cultures provides a full translation for some languages and supports several other languages support means that you can add the language to but you must use the translation tools to provide the translations for your language a culture comprises the language, number formats, currency symbols, and country specific settings for , the words culture and language are used interchangeably the format for the culture name is the two letter language code in lower case and the two letter subculture code in upper case examples include ja jp for japanese (japan) and en us for english (united states) in cases where a two letter language code is not available, a three letter code derived from iso 639 2 is used supported languages and cultures with translations the following table lists the languages and associated culture codes that are supported in , and also lists which languages are fully translated out of the box language country culture code translated chinese simplified (prc) china zh cn yes chinese traditional taiwan zh tw yes dutch netherlands nl nl yes english australia en au yes english canada en ca yes english ireland en ie yes english new zealand en nz yes english south africa en za yes english united kingdom en gb yes english united states en us yes french france fr fr yes french (canada) canada fr ca yes german germany de de yes italian italy it it yes japanese japan ja jp yes portuguese brazil pt br yes russian russia ru ru yes spanish spain es es yes polish poland pl pl yes arabic saudi arabia ar sa yes for existing customers upgrading to version 2025 4 canadian french must be added manually to do this, go to the language settings, select add language , and choose french canadian from the available options to copy french translations to canadian french, follow the steps in the importing or exporting a translation spreadsheet docid\ irbwugpskqicnyiwxlq9j guide supported languages and cultures without translations the following table lists the languages and associated culture codes that are supported in , but require you to provide the translation however, translation is supported only for metadata and not for resource files language country culture code translated bulgarian bulgaria bg bg no catalan spain ca es no croatian croatia hr hr no czech czech republic cs cz no danish denmark da dk no estonian estonia et ee no finnish finland fi fi no greek greece el gr no hebrew israel he il no hungarian hungary hu hu no korean korea ko kr no latvian latvia lv lv no lithuanian lithuania lt lt no malay malaysia ms my no norwegian (bokmal) norway nn no no portuguese portugal pt pt no romanian romania ro ro no serbian (latin) serbia sr rs no slovak slovakia sk sk no slovenian slovenia sl si no spanish mexico es mx no swedish sweden sv se no thai thailand th th no turkish turkey tr tr no ukrainian ukraine uk ua no the hebrew language support is available for self service v3 ui setting the default language for a new user you can set the default language for a new user this becomes the default language for the user and displays when the user initially logs in follow these steps to set the default language for a new user from the configuration console, click configure > users and permissions > users the application displays the users workspace open the new user record click the details tab in the language field in the organizational information section, select a language from the drop down list click save if a user logs in to a new machine, the application displays their original default language even if their default language has recently changed defining language availability follow these steps to specify the available locales that you can select you can add additional languages by following the steps in adding a language and culture with translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3 from the configuration console, click configure > organizational profile > languages to open the languages workspace languages workspace to enable a language for all roles, check enabled next to it the application automatically saves your settings and makes the locale selections available to users deleting a language and culture you can delete a language and culture in ; however, although it appears that the language and culture is removed, there are still a large number of columns associated with that language and culture that remain in the database from the configuration console, click configure > organizational profile > languages to open the languages workspace to disable a language and culture for all roles, click the delete icon next to it in the confirmation message dialog box, click yes adding a language and culture with translations follow these steps to add a language and culture that has translations see supported languages and cultures with translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3 only add the languages and cultures that your organization actively uses selecting additional languages and cultures expands the database with additional fields that cannot be completely removed even if you disable the language and culture at a later time from the configuration console, click configure > organizational profile > languages to open the languages workspace click add new\ the application displays a list of additional languages and cultures select the language and culture to add the application automatically saves your option and includes it in the language workspace return to the languages workspace and click refresh to verify that your selection was added to the list the application automatically checks enabled for the new language and culture, which enables the new language and culture for all roles adding a language and culture without translations many more cultures are supported in than have been translated see supported languages and cultures without translations docid\ lvpbgqv5z08mcuzy43ky3 if you choose one of the supported languages and cultures without translations, you must supply the translation this export and import process only provides translations for metadata it does not provide translations for resource files also, this process does not include validation list data, roles, desktops, and dashboard charts from the configuration console, click configure > organizational profile > languages to open the languages workspace the languages workspace appears with a list of default languages (culture names) click add new\ the application displays the list of additional languages and cultures select the language and culture to add the application adds the new language and culture adding a new language and culture this process takes a few minutes when the application finishes adding the language and culture, it displays a success dialog box click ok return to the languages workspace and under export all , click export the application creates a spreadsheet depending on your browser configuration, the application saves the spreadsheet in the default download folder or in a folder that you specify the spreadsheet file name includes the name of the target language for example, the name might be translation (all) of greek (greece),xlsx example of a translation spreadsheet deliver this spreadsheet to your translator the translator translates the text strings into the target language and then returns the spreadsheet to you go to the languages workspace, and beside the language and culture that you added, click import to import the spreadsheet with the translated values this process takes a few minutes when the application is done importing the spreadsheet, it displays a success dialog box
