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OpenWork’s desktop app is available in 10 languages. You can switch languages at any time, and anyone can improve a translation or add a new language.

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Change the app language

  1. Open Settings › Appearance.
  2. Under Language, choose your language.

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Languages available today

If a phrase hasn’t been translated yet, the app shows it in English.

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Improve a translation

Each language has its own file in apps/app/src/i18n/locales, such as fr.ts or es.ts. Most fixes are text changes in one file. Open a pull request with your change.

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Add a new language

These steps are for contributors comfortable editing code.
  1. Create apps/app/src/i18n/locales/<code>.ts, using en.ts as the starting point.
  2. In apps/app/src/i18n/index.ts, register the language:
    • Add the import.
    • Add the code to the Language type and the LANGUAGES list.
    • Add an entry to LANGUAGE_OPTIONS with the English name and the name in that language.
    • Add the translations to TRANSLATIONS.
    • Add the code to pluralRulesByLanguage.
    • If the language doesn’t mark plurals on nouns (like Japanese or Chinese), add it to PLURAL_SUFFIX_EMPTY_LANGUAGES.
  3. In scripts/i18n-audit.mjs, add the code to LOCALES. If the language needs plural forms beyond “one” and “other” and isn’t already listed in PLURAL_FORMS, add it there.
  4. Check for missing text and plural forms:
To follow localization work or request a language, see the i18n roadmap.