Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

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Hi Members,

Please do help me to change the language in the Custom Report (Sales and Purchase order ) where I need the labels to be printed in Japanese. Please guide me with the steps to change the language of the report.

Thanks and Regards,

Lakshmanan

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Shravani Kunduru 6 on at

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Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Hi YUN ZHU

I followed the same procedure for translating the label into Spanish (es-ES). Here’s what I did:

1. Added `"features": [ "TranslationFile" ]` in the app.json file of my extension.
2. Built and published the extension, which generated an XLIFF file.
3. Copied the XLIFF file and renamed it in the Translations folder.
4. Modified the target-language to es-ES.
5. In the report object, I added the code `CurrReport.Language := LanguageMgt.GetLanguageIdOrDefault("Language Code");` in the OnAfterGetRecord() trigger.

However, I still can't see the changes reflected in the Report Layout. Am I missing something, or why are the translation changes not appearing in my package?
Lakshmanan.R 137 on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Dear Mahesh U,

Thank you for your reponse. Let me check and update you regarding this.

Thanks and Regards,

Lakshmanan R
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Lakshmanan.R 137 on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Dear ZHU,

Thank you for your response. Following your Blog, I had successfully completed the translation in Business Central.

Thanks and Regards,

Lakshmanan R
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Inge M. Bruvik 1,021 Moderator on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Just to add to the other replies here.

This tool is great for working with translations in AL

github.com/.../README.md
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YUN ZHU 81,415 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Hi, I agree with Mahesh, This seems to be a problem with your xlf file.

Please delete the original translation file, regenerate and try again.

I think you may have modified the report object, which caused some ids to change when regenerating the translation file.

I did a test.

Copy standard report.

Add "features": ["TranslationFile"], to app.json and package.

Copy it into a new file, then modify the Target language. For example, ja-JP

Translate some contents

Change language to Japanese.

Note: For some field use the standard FieldCaption method, you need to translate that table first.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU
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Mahesh U 425 on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Hi Laxmana,

Do you have the Xliff translated file for Japanees language. If yes, what about the other captions in your custom extension. If nothing is translated from the custom extension then there is a issue in your xliff file. I would suggest to compare both(japaness and english) translation files and see if any syntax error exist. If there is any syntax missing then whole translation file will not work. Please let me know if it helps. Thanks!

Regards,

Mahesh U.
Lakshmanan.R 137 on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Dear ZHU,

I would like to make it even more clear that the custom report ( Sales Order / Purchase Order) which I made could not be translated in to Japanese language. Even in the role center, few fields remain in English even after the language is translated to Japanese. Also, even in the report the labels had not changed, i.e report still gets printed in English. Please suggest me an alternative solution so that the report gets printed in Japanese language.

Thanks and Regards

Lakshmanan R
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YUN ZHU 81,415 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Language Change in Customized Report in Business Central

Hi, hope the following helps.

https://yzhums.com/2684/

But there is a precondition. Your labels must be added to the Report as variables. If they are directly appended to the Layout, they cannot be translated.

For example,

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU