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Supported Languages
Salesforce offers three levels of language support: fully supported languages, end-user languages, and platform-only languages. For fully supported languages, Salesforce features and user interface (UI) text appear in the chosen language. End-user languages allow individual users to select a language other than the company’s default language for end-user facing UI. In situations where Salesforce doesn’t provide default translations, use platform-only languages to localize apps and custom functionality that you build on the Salesforce Platform.
A two-character language code identifies each language, such as
en. A five-character locale code is used for languages that differ
depending on the location. For example, en_AU.
In addition to the Salesforce language support, you can localize your org. One option is to use the Translation Workbench to translate your text customizations and override labels and translations from managed packages. You can translate everything from custom picklist values to custom fields so that your global users can use Salesforce in their language.
Another option is to rename tabs and fields in Salesforce. If your custom application uses only a few standard Salesforce tabs and fields, you can translate them.
Fully Supported Languages
You can change the language for all features, including Help, to one of the following fully supported languages from the Setup page. Enter Company Information in the Quick Find box, select Company Information, and then select Edit. In the Default language field, select your desired language and click Save.
Some clouds and features support a subset of these languages in the UI. For details, see User Interface Language Support in Salesforce Help.
- Chinese (Simplified):
zh_CN - Chinese (Traditional):
zh_TW - Danish:
da - Dutch:
nl_NL - English:
en_US - Finnish:
fi - French:
fr - German:
de - Italian:
it - Japanese:
ja - Korean:
ko - Norwegian:
no - Portuguese (Brazil):
pt_BR - Russian:
ru - Spanish:
es - Spanish (Mexico):
es_MXSpanish (Mexico) defaults to Spanish for customer-defined translations. - Swedish:
sv - Thai:
thThe Salesforce user interface is fully translated to Thai, but Help is in English.
End-User Languages
End-user languages are useful if you have a multilingual organization or partners who speak languages other than your company’s default language. For end-user languages, Salesforce provides translated labels for standard objects and pages, except admin pages, Setup, and Help. Some clouds and features support a subset of these languages in the UI. For details, see User Interface Language Support in Salesforce Help. When you select an end-user language, labels that aren’t translated and Salesforce Help appear in English. End-user languages are intended only for personal use by end users. Don’t use end-user languages as corporate languages. Salesforce doesn’t provide customer support in end-user languages.
You manage end-user languages from the Setup page. In the Quick Find box, enter Company Settings, and then select Language Settings. Change the setting, add or remove available languages, and click Save.
End-user languages include:
- Arabic:
ar - Bulgarian:
bg - Croatian:
hr - Czech:
cs - English (UK):
en_GB - Greek:
el - Hebrew:
iw - Hungarian:
hu - Indonesian:
in - Polish:
pl - Portuguese (European):
pt_PT - Romanian:
ro - Slovak:
sk - Slovenian:
sl - Turkish:
tr - Ukrainian:
uk - Vietnamese:
vi
Platform-Only Languages
In situations where Salesforce doesn’t provide default translations, you can use a platform-only language to localize apps and custom functionality that you build on the Salesforce Platform. A platform-only language lets you translate items such as custom labels, custom objects, and field names. You can also rename most standard objects, labels, and fields. Informational text and non-field label text aren’t translatable.
Platform-only languages are available in all places where you can select a language in the application. However, when you select a platform-only language, all standard Salesforce labels default to English or, in select cases, to an end-user or fully supported language. Salesforce doesn't provide localized UI for platform-only languages.
You manage platform-only languages from the Setup page. In the Quick Find box, enter Company Settings, and then select Language Settings. Change the setting, add or remove available languages, and click Save.
When you specify a platform-only language, labels for standard objects and fields default to English, except:
- Catalan defaults to Spanish
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) defaults to Traditional Chinese
- Chinese (Malaysia) defaults to Simplified Chinese
- Chinese (Singapore) defaults to Simplified Chinese
- Dutch (Belgium) defaults to Dutch
- English (Australia), English (India), English (Malaysia), and English (Philippines) default to English (UK)
- French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Luxembourg), and French (Switzerland) default to French
- German (Austria), German (Belgium), German (Luxembourg), and German (Switzerland) default to German
- Italian (Switzerland) defaults to Italian
- Malay defaults to Indonesian
- Montenegrin defaults to Serbian (Latin)
- Romanian (Moldova) defaults to Romanian
To support additional language communities in some countries, we include some non-standard locales. The following platform-only languages are supported.
- Albanian:
sq - Afrikaans:
af - Amharic:
am - Arabic (Algeria):
ar_DZ - Arabic (Bahrain):
ar_BH - Arabic (Egypt):
ar_EG - Arabic (Iraq):
ar_IQ - Arabic (Jordan):
ar_JO - Arabic (Kuwait):
ar_KW - Arabic (Lebanon):
ar_LB - Arabic (Libya):
ar_LY - Arabic (Morocco):
ar_MA - Arabic (Oman):
ar_OM - Arabic (Qatar):
ar_QA - Arabic (Saudi Arabia):
ar_SA - Arabic (Sudan):
ar_SD - Arabic (Syria):
ar_SY - Arabic (Tunisia):
ar_TN - Arabic (United Arab Emirates):
ar_AE - Arabic (Yemen):
ar_YE - Armenian:
hy - Basque:
eu - Bosnian:
bs - Bengali:
bn - Burmese:
my - Catalan:
ca - Chinese (Hong Kong):
zh_HK - Chinese (Singapore):
zh_SG - Chinese (Malaysia):
zh_MY - Chuj:
cac - Dutch (Belgium):
nl_BE - English (Albania):
en_AL - English (Andorra):
en_AD - English (Australia):
en_AU - English (Austria):
en_AT - English (Belgium):
en_BE - English (Bosnia & Herzegovina):
en_BA - English (Bulgaria):
en_BG - English (Canada):
en_CA - English (Croatia):
en_HR - English (Cyprus):
en_CY - English (Czechia):
en_CZ - English (Denmark):
en_DK - English (Dominica):
en_DM - English (Estonia):
en_EE - English (Finland):
en_FI - English (France):
en_FR - English (Germany):
en_DE - English (Greece):
en_GR - English (Grenada):
en_GD - English (Hong Kong):
en_HK - English (Hungary):
en_HU - English (Iceland):
en_IS - English (India):
en_IN - English (Ireland):
en_IE - English (Israel):
en_IL - English (Italy):
en_IT - English (Japan):
en_JP - English (Latvia):
en_LV - English (Liechtenstein):
en_LI - English (Lithuania):
en_LT - English (Luxembourg):
en_LU - English (Malaysia):
en_MY - English (Malta):
en_MT - English (Monaco):
en_MC - English (Montenegro):
en_ME - English (Netherlands):
en_NL - English (New Zealand):
en_NZ - English (North Macedonia):
en_MK - English (Norway):
en_NO - English (Philippines):
en_PH - English (Poland):
en_PL - English (Portugal):
en_PT - English (Romania):
en_RO - English (Serbia):
en_RS - English (Singapore):
en_SG - English (Slovakia):
en_SK - English (Slovenia):
en_SI - English (St. Kitts & Nevis):
en_KN - English (St. Lucia):
en_LC - English (St. Vincent &; Grenadines):
en_VC - English (South Africa):
en_ZA - English (South Korea):
en_KR - English (Spain):
en_ES - English (Sweden):
en_SE - English (Switzerland):
en_CH - English (Taiwan):
en_TW - English (Thailand):
en_TH - English (Turkey):
en_TR - English (United Arab Emirates):
en_AE - Estonian:
et - Farsi:
fa - French (Belgium):
fr_BE - French (Canada):
fr_CA - French (Luxembourg):
fr_LU - French (Morocco):
fr_MA - French (Switzerland):
fr_CH - Georgian:
ka - German (Austria):
de_AT - German (Belgium):
de_BE - German (Liechtenstein):
de_LI - German (Luxembourg):
de_LU - German (Switzerland):
de_CH - Greek (Cyprus):
el_CY - Greenlandic:
kl - Gujarati:
gu - Hawaiian:
haw - Haitian Creole:
ht - Hindi:
hi - Hmong:
hmn - Icelandic:
is - Irish:
ga - Italian (Switzerland):
it_CH - Kaqchikel:
cak - Kannada:
kn - Kazakh:
kk - Khmer:
km - Kiche:
quc - Latvian:
lv - Lithuanian:
lt - Luxembourgish:
lb - Macedonian:
mk - Malay:
ms - Malayalam:
ml - Maltese:
mt - Marathi:
mr - Montenegrin:
sh_ME - Punjabi:
pa - Romanian (Moldova):
ro_MD - Romansh:
rm - Russian (Armenia):
ru_AM - Russian (Belarus):
ru_BY - Russian (Kazakhstan):
ru_KZ - Russian (Kyrgyzstan):
ru_KG - Russian (Lithuania):
ru_LT - Russian (Moldova):
ru_MD - Russian (Poland):
ru_PL - Russian (Ukraine):
ru_UA - Samoan:
sm - Serbian (Cyrillic):
sr - Serbian (Latin):
sh - Spanish (Andorra):
es_AD - Spanish (Argentina):
es_AR - Spanish (Bolivia):
es_BO - Spanish (Chile):
es_CL - Spanish (Colombia):
es_CO - Spanish (Costa Rica):
es_CR - Spanish (Dominican Republic):
es_DO - Spanish (Ecuador):
es_EC - Spanish (El Salvador):
es_SV - Spanish (Guatemala):
es_GT - Spanish (Honduras):
es_HN - Spanish (Nicaragua):
es_NI - Spanish (Panama):
es_PA - Spanish (Paraguay):
es_PY - Spanish (Peru):
es_PE - Spanish (Puerto Rico):
es_PR - Spanish (United States):
es_US - Spanish (Uruguay):
es_UY - Spanish (Venezuela):
es_VE - Svenska (Finland):
sv_FI - Swahili:
sw - Tagalog:
tl - Tamil:
ta - Te reo:
mi - Telugu:
te - Urdu:
ur - Welsh:
cy - Xhosa:
xh - Yiddish:
ji - Zulu:
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