Remember we kept promising we’re going to add new languages to WPML? Well, today’s the day.
If your language isn’t listed you can help us add it. WPML needs to have the rest of the language names translated to your language, then, we can add it. So, this is what you’ll need to do:
- Download WPML_language_names.txt.
- Translate it to your language. That list includes two columns, the ISO code and the language name. Don’t edit the ISO code.
- Send it back to us using our contact form (after you send the initial message, you’ll be able to upload files).
When you edit that file, make sure that you’re saving as UTF-8. Don’t use a word processor, but rather a plain text editor. Notepad would be fine.
Adding languages to WPML is a bit more complicated than it sounds, so we can’t add one at a time. We’ll include the new languages in WPML 1.3, scheduled for the end of August.
Sample from that languages file
Just to make sure you’re doing the right thing, here is a (small) part of this list in English:
en=English eo=Esperanto es=Spanish et=Estonian eu=Basque fa=Persian ff=Fulah fi=Finnish
And, here is the translation to Spanish:
en=Inglés eo=Esperanto es=Español et=Estonio eu=Vasco fa=Persa ff=Fula fi=Finlandés
Leave a comment here if you’re planning to add a language, so that we know what to expect.
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please ada Malay language
Will you be sending us a list of translated language names to Malay?
Sending Slovak (SK) version…
Thanks a lot Mike,
Got your list of languages and will be adding it to WPML 1.3.0.
I installed WPML 1.3.4 but I can not find Slovak in list of languages … ???
We’re planning to add another page that will allow you to add your own languages. It’s not available at the moment.
Still no slovak and no ‘page’ where we could add own language.. Mike sent you list of languages 5 months ago..
I have made a quick and dirty workaround for this problem with Slovak and Slavic language here it is http://forum.wpml.org/topic.php?id=1050 . Works up to WPML 1.7.2
Hi guys, last time I’ve checked the plugin it was in beta version 1.3.5. Unfortunately no Slovak language was implemented so I used brute force and rewrote the “Slavic” to “Slovak” (sorry for this).
Now, as I am testing version 1.6.0 I am unpleasantly surprised there is still no Slovak language.
Could you please tell me when this will be implemented for sure or what should we do to make it happen?
Thanks for your answer in advance!
Have a look here for instructions for adding more languages. It’s not easy, but that’s what we have right now.
Cool, thanks for the link. I’ll have a look at that!
Thanks for help! Working really great! I was able to add Slovak to the tables without an issue. Great work guys!
Can u add Malay Language in the “list shows the languages that are enabled for this site”. I just wanna Malay Language put in the list, because i use my own translators for the Translator Selection.
Sending Polish (PL) list. BTW, thanks for a great plugin.
Sending Brazilian Portuguese (Pt-br) version.
Sending Afrikaans (af-ZA) language name list.
Have you actually done an Afrikaans translation for WPML?
To WPML: Guys, pleeease, I desperately need this translation in like three days! Please could you help me out? I’d be much obliged!
Phil
where can I see which languages are included in the plugin. i wish to add dutch if it isn’t available yet.
Dutch is included among the languages that WPML supports and the list of languages is already translated to it. The plugin admin screens are not translated to Dutch yet, but it’s better to wait with this until the next release as we’re doing some changes to it.
@amir
Thanks! do you know if there is a list of languages in which the plugin exists? would be nice to have an overview. haven’t found it so far, but maybe I am not looking thoroughly…?
I’ve got the list translated to Esperanto (eo).
I have sent the Pashto (Afghanistan) [ps-AF] file.
Hi Amir,
Any heads up on when the add our own language page will be available? I would really love to use this plugin, but the Malay language (ms_MY) is not included yet. I’ve sent you the list of translated language names already, though.
Hi! Please, can you e-mail me russian version of this list? It will be easier for me to modify and send you Kyrgyz language file.
thanks
We’re currently working on adding language editing and translation as part of WPML. This should help you do this as well.
I need to use Breton language which you have in the list to download under br. However, the br flag is Brazil and when you install the plugin, Breton is not available.
I can’t send you a complete list of countries translated into Breton as I can’t speak it.
Is there a simple way now to add a language which is not in the list ? Event in a beta version if you want us to test it.
Thanks
Have a look at the page that explains how to add languages. You’ll need to edit WPML’s language tables manually.
Thank you for all the language additions!
Hi, i would know when Dutch is ready.
Thanks a lot.
Hello. I would like to know if Afrikaans is available yet. I have had a look at ICanLocalize to see if English to Afrikaans (af-ZA) is listed anywhere and it seems not to be listed.
If you can advise that Afrikaans is available then I will purchase the plugin immediately. Thanks!
WPML itself is not translated to Afrikaans, but you can certainly include it in your sites.
If a language you need doesn’t appear by default, go to WPML->Languages, click on ‘edit languages’ and add it.
Hi,
I would like to create a ML-Site with simple german. Simple german is for handicapped people. So therefore I would just need a second German option. There is an equivalent in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language
Maybe it would be good to add the option of having a simplified version also.
br
Chris