Confluence 4.1 : Installing a Language Pack

Confluence ships with a number of bundled language packs. These languages appear as options on the 'Language Configuration' screen in the Administration Console when choosing a default language and as 'Language' options for users in their user settings. You can make additional languages available for selection by installing language packs. Please note, you must be a Confluence administrator to install a language pack.

Language packs are plugins. The process of installing a language pack is the same as installing a new plugin.

(warning) The information on this page does not apply to Confluence OnDemand.

Installing a Language Pack using the Plugin Manager

To install a language pack using the plugin manager:

  1. Click 'Plugins' in the Confluence Administration Console.
  2. Click 'Install'.
  3. Locate the language pack and install it via the plugin manager interface.

Installing a Language Pack Manually

To install a language pack manually, you will need to upload the language pack plugin as described below. The language pack plugin will be enabled by default once you have installed it.

Plugins are distributed as a jar file. To install a plugin:

  1. In the 'Administration' section of Confluence, click Plugins.
  2. Use Browse to find the plugin jar you wish to install from your hard drive or network location, and select it.
  3. Click Upload.
  4. The plugin will be uploaded to Confluence and will be automatically installed.
  5. Check the 'Plugin Administration' screen to ensure that the plugin is available.
  6. Enable the plugin if necessary. (Some plugins will be enabled by default when they are installed. Others will have to be manually enabled from the 'Plugin Administration' screen.)

Finding more Language Packs

Showing User Interface Key Names for Translation

For those customers working on creating translations of the Confluence user interface, from 4.1 onwards there is a feature that will help. After opening the Confluence dashboard, you can simply add this text to the end of your Confluence URL, like so:

Then press Enter.

This will then cause each element of the user interface to display its special key name while Confluence is still in an interactive mode. This makes it easier to find the essential context for each key, which can then be searched on http://translations.atlassian.com where you can enter an appropriate translation for your custom language pack.

The key names are displayed with a "lightning bolt" graphic between elements of the names. For example, the buttons will show up with elements shown like so:

For example, for the Browse button, the associated key system.space.menu can be found on http://translations.atlassian.com, allowing you to write a better translation for the term Browse, being able to see the full context of where the UI element belongs and what it means to the user.

To turn off the translation view, add this code to the end of the Confluence URL:

 

RELATED TOPICS

Choosing a Default Language
Configuring Indexing Language
Installing a Plugin