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title: Localization and language management
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# Localization and language management

Language resources are used by other user-interactive features in the platform (such as agreements, notifications, and forms) to present information in a designated language for a specified user.

To present localized content to end users, that language, or a group of languages, must be enabled. The Language Management service supports a default of 17 language translation catalogs.

|   |                                                                                                                                                                          |
| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|   | To add additional custom languages, refer to [Create Language](../../language-management/languages/create-language-1.html). This requires Environment Admin permissions. |

These languages are supported by default for any new environment:

| Code    | Language          |
| ------- | ----------------- |
| `cs`    | Czech             |
| `de`    | German            |
| `en`    | English           |
| `es`    | Spanish           |
| `fr`    | French            |
| `fr-CA` | French (Canadian) |
| `hu`    | Hungarian         |
| `it`    | Italian           |
| `ja`    | Japanese          |
| `ko`    | Korean            |
| `nl`    | Dutch             |
| `pl`    | Polish            |
| `pt`    | Portuguese        |
| `ru`    | Russian           |
| `th`    | Thai              |
| `tr`    | Turkish           |
| `zh`    | Chinese           |

Within the language service, the `/translations/{{languageCode}}` endpoint provides operations to view the custom string translations for a specified language and update localized strings for specified user interface elements.

For more information, refer to [Language Management](../../language-management.html).