# What languages does FileWave support?

## What

FileWave includes native UI localization for several languages. The table below lists the language choices currently exposed by the FileWave Central/Admin language preference, including the locale code to use when launching Central/Admin with a specific language.

## When/Why

This is useful when an administrator wants FileWave Central/Admin to use a language other than the workstation’s system language, or when an organization is checking whether a preferred admin UI language is available.

## How

<table id="bkmrk-language-locale-code" style="width:100%;"><thead><tr style="background-color:rgb(251,238,184);"><th>**Language**

</th><th>**Locale Code**

</th><th>**Notes**

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>**System language**

</td><td>blank / default

</td><td>Uses the workstation language when FileWave has a matching translation; otherwise FileWave uses English.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Chinese (Simplified)**

</td><td>zh\_CN

</td><td>Simplified Chinese.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Chinese (Traditional)**

</td><td>zh\_TW

</td><td>Traditional Chinese.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Dutch**

</td><td>nl\_NL

</td><td>Dutch locale used by FileWave Central/Admin.

</td></tr><tr><td>**English (US)**

</td><td>en\_US

</td><td>American English.

</td></tr><tr><td>**French**

</td><td>fr\_FR

</td><td>French for France.

</td></tr><tr><td>**German**

</td><td>de\_DE

</td><td>German for Germany.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Japanese**

</td><td>ja\_JP

</td><td>Japanese for Japan.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Korean**

</td><td>ko\_KR

</td><td>Korean for South Korea.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Filipino (Tagalog)**

</td><td>tl\_TL

</td><td>Filipino/Tagalog.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Spanish (International)**

</td><td>es\_ES

</td><td>International Spanish.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Swedish**

</td><td>sv\_SE

</td><td>Swedish.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Thai**

</td><td>th\_TH

</td><td>Thai.

</td></tr><tr><td>**Turkish**

</td><td>tr\_TR

</td><td>Turkish.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

To force FileWave Central/Admin to open in a specific language, use the matching locale code from this table with the platform-specific instructions below.

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