Languages

Languages

Since 1.16.0. The console, the sign-in pages, emails and the web client are translated.

Language	Code
English	en
Deutsch	de
Español	es
Français	fr
Italiano	it
Magyar	hu
Nederlands	nl
Polski	pl
Português (Brasil)	pt_BR
Русский	ru
简体中文	zh_CN

Choosing a language

Each user picks their own: My Account → Language, or the language menu in the top bar and on the sign-in page. The choice is saved on the account and follows the user to any browser.

Without a saved choice, the console follows the browser's language. When the browser asks for a language the console does not have, it uses APP_LOCALE (English unless you set it).

These stay in English in every language, so scripts and tools keep working: the admin API, CSV exports, the console log's stored entries, notifications sent through Apprise, and server logs.

Terms

Each translation uses the words the RustDesk client uses in that language, and the same form of address, so the console and the client read alike.

Corrections and new languages

Hungarian and German were contributed by samu112 (#111). The others are new in 1.16.0 and have not been reviewed by native speakers yet. Corrections are welcome as an issue or a pull request.

The strings live in lang/<code>/*.php, one file per screen, with English in lang/en/ as the source. To add a language:

1. Copy lang/en/ to lang/<code>/ and translate the values. Keep every :placeholder as it is.
2. Plural strings separate their forms with |. Write as many forms as your language needs: one for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish, three for Russian, Polish, Czech and Slovak, two for most others.
3. Add the code and the language's own name to User::LOCALES in app/Models/User.php.
4. Run php artisan lang:check. It reports missing or extra keys, changed placeholders and wrong plural form counts, and must print no problems.