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Arabic Language Pack for Business Central

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Posted on by LA-02071030-0 355

I am trying to create an Arabic language pack (translation extension) for the Base Application.

Steps I followed:

  1. Created a new AL project.

  2. Added "features": ["TranslationFile"] in app.json.

  3. Added dependencies for System Application and Base Application with matching version (27.0.0.0).

  4. Added workspace settings:

al.generateXlf = true
al.generateXlfForDependencies = true

  1. Ran:

    • AL: Download Symbols

    • AL: Package

However, the generated file inside Translations is still empty:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="1.2" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2 xliff-core-1.2-transitional.xsd">
  <file datatype="xml" source-language="en-US" target-language="en-US" original="ALProjectarbic">
    <body>
      <group id="body" />
    </body>
  </file>
</xliff>
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    Pallavi Phade 5,420 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    Can you check this below linkedin post it might solve your problem 
     
     
     
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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    OussamaSabbouh 12,965 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hello,
     
    Your XLF is empty because your project has no translatable content, so nothing gets generated — generateXlfForDependencies does not auto-extract Base App captions into your file. When translating the Base Application, you don’t generate strings from your app; instead, you must manually add a translated BaseApp XLF file into your Translations folder, set the correct target-language (e.g., ar-SA), ensure the <file original="..."> is not your app name, and use the original <trans-unit id> values from Base Application. In short: download or obtain the BaseApp XLF → translate it → place it in your translation extension → publish. The empty file you’re seeing is expected behavior.
     
    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh
  • LA-02071030-0 Profile Picture
    LA-02071030-0 355 on at
     
    How i get BaseApp XLF file @Oussama Sabbouh

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