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Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, and a language is any specific example of such a system.

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Change Sharepoint language with a link?

Is there a way to get the language-switch control as static link in the pagelayout? I want my users to switch between German and English with a single click. Sorry guys, found a solution :D <...
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Why is SharePoint 2010 looking for en-us and not en-gb with resource files?

Failed to read resource file "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\Resources\RegistrationResource.en-US.resx" from feature id "(null)". I am getting loads of ...
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Get the current UI language from a webpart

How can I get the selected language in the screenshot, from inside of a webpart? alt text http://thomasstock.net/currentlanguage.png I'm using SharePoint 2010. My webpart is a "visual web part" ...
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How to get Choice Fields Choices in alternative language?

Is there a way to get Choice Fields choices in alternative language? I have a web site that is in Swedish and alternative language English. I'm using resource files. The field name is translated ...
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What are my options for changing default texts in SharePoint?

What are my options for changing default texts in SharePoint? We have a language pack (dutch) installed but some translations seem to be a little bit off or weird. Is there a way to update/replace ...
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Switch language using JavaScript

I want to have 2 buttons, one En and the other Es, to change the display language for current user in SharePoint 2013, I have seen some articles talking about OnSelectionChange, but it doesn't work ...
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Get UI language name in javascript

I need to get the name of the current UI language in a javascript file. I know the following trick: SP.Res.lcid But that gets the the LCID. What I really need is the two-letter iso name (like 'en', '...
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Site Variation limit in SP2010?

does anyone know if the limit on variations (50 labels) in SharePoint 2007 is the same in SP2010? have anyone worked with variations in SP2010 yet and have some knowledge to share? Anders Rask
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Language of app web

I'm working on an Access SharePoint app but I think this also applies to SharePoint hosted apps. When I create a new app, the app runs in an app web which is automatically created. The language of ...
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Field's TitleResource.SetValueForUICulture() does not work for the web's default language

I have a site column in my site collection whose title I change / translate with following PowerShell statement: $w = Get-SPWeb "URL to the site collection" $f = $w.Fields.GetFieldByInternalName("...
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Managed metadata language in the Document Information Panel

If a document uses a Managed Metadata field, is there a way to make the term set browser in Word 2010's Document Information Panel display the term sets in a language other than the default language ...
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SharePoint Language Pack and My site

I made a small project on sharepoint 2010 in english, after some time, i installed the Portuguese (brazilian) language pack (pt-BR). When i go to My Site, the whole site is in the new language, except ...
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How can I identify columns independent from language?

I've got a webpart which reads several values from a list, while developing local I've got a column "Due Date", but when I upload my webpart to SharePoint online (Office 365) we have a German version ...
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Set SPWeb title on a SharePoint site using PowerShell

I'm having problems setting the title of a root web in a site collection when creating it in an other language then English. When i run the script under using 1033, it works fine the site title is set ...
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My Language And Region not working

I have a SP2013 installation with language packs installed. Now I wanted to change my preferred language so SharePoint uses that instead of the default language of my browser settings. When I click "...
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Change SharePoint language based on current user's country

Any ideas how to change the current SharePoint language based on the current user's country? Appreciate any suggestions, Thanks
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Multi language sites

We are about to create a multi lingual portal for a customer that has offices in many countries. We will have site collections with different language packs. All our users will have access to the ...
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Culture issue on first visit to site

On an existing SharePoint 2010 site, we have a problem with first time visitors. The site is setup to be multilingual. The server installlation is English, there is an additional Dutch language pack ...
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Missing 1033 Directory in SharePoint 2010 URLs

I seem to be missing a '1033' directory for my SharePoint 2010 installation. Here's the full details: We upgraded from SP2007 to SP2010 using the database attach method. Some resources have a 1033 ...
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Does a site collections default language have any special significance?

Is there any special significance to having one language or the other as the default language when you create a site collection? This is on Sharepoint Online if that makes any difference. Ie we´re a ...
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How to change the default site language?

I have a site with 2 language variations: DE, EN. German is set as the standard language. A number of Chinese users are being added. Their browsers are just set up for Chinese with no other language ...
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Language code of a site collection

Is there a way to get the language code of a site collection using powershell?
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How to check in which language the SharePoint was installed?

I know about regional settings and that it is present for each site collection under site settings. Is there any way to check the language in which SharePoint was installed? We are getting some ...
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Problem applying content type bindings to an es-ES site definition

I'm building a publishing site which will support the following cultures: de-DE (1031) en-US (1033) es-ES (3082) fr-FR (1036) it-IT (1040) ja-JP (1041) ru-RU (1049) zh-CHS (2052) I can create an ...
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How can I create a multilingual site without variations?

I am new to SharePoint but know basics. The project has already been developed in English for the USA. It consists of user controls, developed webparts, . . it has images, Flash players, videos, etc.....
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Changing language of custom application page

I am new to SharePoint. I am creating a custom application page (small registration form). I want to give users a facility to change language of the registration form. Is this functionality is ...
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Language settings are not visible

I installed SharePoint Language Pack but I can't see the 'Language Settings' link under Site Administration. From CA I can see that the pack is installed without problems, no errors, no critical ...
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change navigation menu language based on site language

I've created a modern Sharepoint site with 2 languages English and Arabic, the navigation menu dose not change to the selected language when I chose the other language, however all site content ...
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How to change Sharepoint server response language?

I'm using an existing SharePoint 2013 Server that was installed in French. I'm testing different features of the SharePoint REST API and as you would expect I'm getting a LOT of exceptions and errors. ...
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Hierarchy is not being created for my target variation label

I am currently having a hard time setting up variations in Sharepoint 2013. First, I create my source Label, based on English language. Then I go into the central admin and run the "Variations Create ...
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what's the best way to have a list with multilingual content

Good day, SharePointers a customer requirement is to have CVs entered in a list with his name in English and a local language. which means we will have a field for each language. is there a better ...
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Document Library Template: The language is not supported on the server

We have created a document library template to facilitate the rapid deployment of multiple document libraries with identical structure. The template has been created within the same site and the same ...
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Document library included on page, wrong language in context menu

I added the webpart "Document Library" to a page and made my settings, I deactivated the command bar, selected a library (the page library where the modern pages and news pages are stored by default) ...
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How to Build a Multi-Language Site?

We are using Office-365 and need to set up a multi-language sharepoint site. How do we do this? I see a question here about permissions. And I have a question here about how to test multi-languages ...
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Sharepoint Designer - How to change Language

How to change the language of Sharepoint Designer? I have Polish language, and I want to change it to English.
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Can you display page in alternate language despite language settings

Using SharePoint 2010, is there a way to append the URL for a page so that it will display in a specific language despite what the user has their languages preferences set to? For example, I want to ...
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Muti-language list in SharePoint

I have a product list which stores English descriptions for each field. How can i implement/architect a multi-language feature to provide the same product in French ?
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Import RESX translation file trough PowerShell/PowerAutomate

Took a lot of effort to translate each field from Dutch to French. When I uploaded the resx file all was nicely translated. Right now I would like to enable this translation on each site existing and ...
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Setting SharePoint locale / language based on Domain?

We are trying to set the Culture on our sites and initially it seems to have worked but we've noticed that when we navigate to sites and we get the "Working on it" this isn't getting translated to the ...
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How to get default language of termSet

I want to get the language of termSet from term group in which it was written. for example if termSet language is English it should return English and if its language is Swedish, it should return ...
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SharePoint 2013 Foundation Site Translation

I have a SharePoint site that is going to be used by german and french speaking users. They are going to be using one account or maybe two for the same site if it is not possible with a single user. I ...
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Translation Management Workflow Side-by-Side comparison with English

I'm trying to evaluate whether SharePoint and specifically the Translation Management Library will be acceptable for our workflow. I have some questions: Is there a way to show say an English ...
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changing language on application page

I am using following code to change the language of HTML form on application page: <asp:Content ID="PageHead" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" runat="server"> <...
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Changing the thread culture using HttpModule - not working for list forms

I have a requirement to implement globalization for the out of the box list forms i.e. displaying datetime, currency etc. based on culture of the region. I have referred this article on how SharePoint ...
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Setting rights for CustomAction. Problem with sandboxed or language?

I've got a CustomAction which contains a button. Only users with high level permissions should be able to see this button, so I tried setting the property Rights ="ManageWeb" on the CustomAction. ...
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How To: Ribbon Options Language & their ToolTip Text Language = Same Site's Language?

I have SPS 2010 Intranet site for a global company where each country has its own site. Of course, Each country's site has its own language (All SharePoint 2010 Language Packs are installed). ...
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How to access a resource file from another project in XML?

I am trying to access my language localization resource file which is in the same solution, but in a different project then the one I am currently working on. I don't want to use multiple resource ...
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SharePoint Online: Invitation in Finnish language

My colleague sent an invitation to SharePoint Online website to german external users. It is commnon that invitations are send in English, but this one was sent in Finnish language. My question is how ...
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Calculated Formula in Swedish Language

I have the following calculated Column formula =CONCATENATE(Title ,LEFT("00000" ,5-(LEN( TEXT(NextNumber,"0") ) ...
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What is best practice for supporting dual languages in SharePoint?

We need to support English and French.
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