Installing new languages

Introduction

During the generation of a new project, JHipster only installs English and French languages.

However, JHipster supports more languages that can be installed using this sub-generator.

Which languages are supported out of the box?

• Catalan
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Danish
• German
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Turkish

How to install new languages?

In order to install new languages, just type:

yo jhipster:languages

How to create a new language that is not supported?

All languages are saved in the folder /src/main/webapp/i18n

Here are the steps to install a new language called new_lang:

1. Duplicate the /src/main/webapp/i18/en folder to /src/main/webapp/i18/new_lang
2. Translate all files under the folder /src/main/webapp/i18/new_lang

3. Update the LANGUAGES constant defined in the folder src/main/webapp/components/language/language.service.js
   to add the new language new_lang

           
   .constant('LANGUAGES', [
     'en', 'fr', 'new_lang'
     //JHipster will add new languages here
   ]
           
         

The new language new_lang is now available in the language menu.