Configuring Language
Omeka is designed so that all of the interface strings in the administrative and public sides can be translated using Transifex.
To have Omeka translate strings into another language where available, open the config.ini file found in the folder your-omeka-installation/application/config in a text editor.
Look for the "Localization" section (at the top), and the line in it that reads:
locale.name = ""
Fill in the two- or four-letter code for the language you wish to use (see below). This information is case-sensitive and must match exactly. For example, to change the Omeka Classic interface language to Brazilian Portuguese, the line should appear:
locale.name = "pt_BR"
Omeka Classic is translated collaboratively using Transifex. You can see the progress of available languages by visiting the Omeka project dashboard on Transifex; the list displays with the most complete languages at the top. Where a language string has not been translated, it will default back to English in the interface.
Available languages and codes
Below are the languages in which Omeka is available (for at least 5% of the interface), along with the two- or four-letter codes that you will need to configure Omeka to use your chosen language.
Note that the percentage of the interface to translate includes all Omeka-Team-authored plugins, many of which may not be applicable to your use.
Last updated: May 17th, 2022.
| Language | Code |
|---|---|
| Albanian (Albania) | sq_AL |
| Arabic | ar |
| Basque | eu |
| Belarusian (Belarus) | be_BY |
| Bengali (Bangladesh) | bn_BD |
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | bg_BG |
| Catalan (Spain) | ca_ES |
| Chinese (China) | zh_CN |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | zn_TW |
| Croatian | hr |
| Czech | cs |
| Danish (Denmark) | da_DK |
| Dutch (Belgium) | nl_BE |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | nl_NL |
| Esperanto | eo |
| Estonian | et |
| Finnish (Finland) | fi_FI |
| French | fr |
| Galician | gl |
| Georgian | ka |
| German (Germany) | de_DE |
| Greek (Greece) | el_GR |
| Hebrew | he |
| Hungarian (Hungary) | hu_HU |
| Icelandic | is |
| Indonesian | id |
| Italian | it |
| Japanese | ja |
| Korean (Korea) | ko_KR |
| Latvian (Latvia) | lv_LV |
| Lithuanian | lt |
| Macedonian (Macedonia) | mk_MK |
| Malay (Malaysia) | ms_MY |
| Mongolian | mn |
| Norwegian Bokmål | nb |
| Occitan (post 1500) | oc |
| Polish | pl |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt_BR |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt_PT |
| Romanian | ro |
| Russian | ru |
| Serbian (Serbia) | sr_RS |
| Slovak | sk |
| Slovenian (Slovenia) | sl_Sl |
| Spanish | es |
| Spanish (Colombia) | es_CO |
| Swedish (Sweden) | sv_SE |
| Tamil | ta |
| Thai | th |
| Turkish (Turkey) | tr_TR |
| Ukrainian | uk |
| Vietnamese | vi |
| Welsh (United Kingdom) | cy_GB |