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How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

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Posted on by jcastro 2,245

Hello experts! :-)

I have the following requirement:

- I'm working with the spanish localization for Dynamics NAV 2015 (which is supported directly from Microsoft and Microsoft Spain). So far so good.

Within Spain, we have different languages besides spanish. And we need to add one of those to a Dynamics NAV installation. 

Of course we went ahead and translated all the necessary captions to add the new language code and its correct translation. And of course we cannot choose that language when we go to "Select Language". It only shows Spanish and English.

I have found some information regarding this matter, but I haven't been able to properly satisfy this need for now.

Could you point me in the right direction please?

Thanks in advance

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    Yukon Profile Picture
    Yukon 714 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    Hi Lejla,

           Welcome from Microsoft Dynamics NAV Community an NAV. Suresh Kulla and Khoa Nguyen already provided the require toolkit link and tip and trick. You can follow the documentation after you download the PLLP and unzipped the file.

           Please open new topic if you have any issue with this or other.

    Regards,

    Yukon

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    Hello, I'm new in the Nav industry , and I have to do the translation Nav to Bosnian language. Canyou please explain how you managed to generate files and do translations

  • jcastro Profile Picture
    jcastro 2,245 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    Hello gentlemen,

    After several hours of testing, I was able to add the new language succesfully :-)

    Thank you very much for your suggestions and input

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    4BzSoftware Profile Picture
    4BzSoftware 6,071 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    Hi José,

    Totally agree with Yukon. There are many unsupported languages for Asia, and we have to translate ourselves. Some main points for selecting Language from RTC:

    - Download PartnerTranslationsKit, follow "NAV 2015 Creating Custom Platform Translations.pdf".

    - Copy needed output languages (for example, Vietnamese) from project (~\Output\vi-VN) to both RTC (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\80\RoleTailored Client\vi-VN) and NAV Service (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\80\Service\vi-VN).

    - Register assemblies with strong name key token in the Client Add-in table (2000000069).

    - Restart NAV Service.

    - Open RTC and select Language.

    Good luck!

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 44,614 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    If you are installing a language which Microosft does not support then use the PLLP toolkit as Yukon mentioned but if Microsoft supports the language then just need to download the language module from the partner source and install the respected install file

    https://community.dynamics.com/nav/b/navteam/archive/2013/11/14/microsoft-dynamics-nav-2013-r2-pllp-toolkit-released

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../ee414196(v=nav.90).aspx

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    Yukon Profile Picture
    Yukon 714 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

             I understanding on your question is you did translation on object caption but you haven't make resource file for RTC and Service. Selecting language on RTC is base on language resource file. Eg., you did translate for CHS (Chinese) at object caption or translation text but you haven't make resource file for RTC and Service You won't see Chinese Language on your Language Selection. You need to generate file for RTC and Server.

           You need (PLLP) toolkit if you want to generate resource file by yourself. All resource file and instruction is inside toolkit zip.

    Here is more information for translation

    community.dynamics.com/.../announcing-the-microsoft-dynamics-erp-translation-solution

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    keoma Profile Picture
    keoma 32,675 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    did you follow mbs.microsoft.com/.../GFMLocalizationPortalMC_nav ?

    i think at the end you are developing a complete localisation for e.g. catalan.

    so a step by step instruction is needed, visual studio templates to develope that kind of resource files and so on. with a decompile tool like ilspy its possible to edit the source of the resource files, but this is the hacking way. ;-)

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    jcastro 2,245 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    I checked that information Jonathan, thank you.

    I do not seem to find how to generate those resource files you first speak of though, or how to change the ones that already exist.

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    keoma Profile Picture
    keoma 32,675 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    the language subfolders under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\80\RoleTailored Client e.g. de-DE contain the resource files (created with visual studio: contain text values, labels, images, ...)

    also there is one folder per language like ENU, DEU, ..., which contains fin.etx, fin.stx.

    for that follow

    community.dynamics.com/.../how-to-get-english-text-for-a-system-error-based-on-a-foreign-language-screenshot-in-microsoft-dynamics-nav

    for further info follow

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../dn479850(v=nav.80).aspx

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../ee909573(v=nav.80).aspx

    www.waldo.be/.../microsoft-dynamics-nav-localization-portal

  • jcastro Profile Picture
    jcastro 2,245 on at
    RE: How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

    I believe you are correct. But with what files? And how do I get them, or generate them?

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