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How to add a new unsupported language to Dynamics NAV 2015

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Posted on by jcastro

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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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Mohana Yadav 60,999 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Jose,

May I know where did you add those translations? in development environment objects?

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jcastro 2,245 on at

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Hi Mohana,

Sure!

Like you said, yes, in the development environment, adding the language code and the translation to the CaptionML of the objects.

Which only works if you can actually select to load NAV with that language. Something I cannot do now :-)

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Mohana Yadav 60,999 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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In order to select the language we need to have language folder in RTC and Service folder

or am I wrong?

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jcastro 2,245 on at

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

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keoma 32,729 on at

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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

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jcastro 2,245 on at

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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 32,729 on at

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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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Yukon 714 on at

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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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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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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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4BzSoftware 6,073 on at

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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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