Add a language to the Translation Workbench and assign the people who will translate into it. Enable the Translation Workbench first, since this page only appears once that feature is on. Keep the language inactive until translation is done so users do not see half-English screens.
- Open the page
From Setup, enter "Translation Language Settings" in the Quick Find box and select it. If you do not see it, enable the Translation Workbench from the customization menu, then return here.
- Add a language
Click Add to bring in a new language, or Edit to change one already listed. Pick the language you want translators to work in from the supported list.
- Assign translators
Select users from the available list and move them onto the language. Confirm each one has the View Setup and Configuration permission, or the assignment will not work.
- Decide the active state
Leave Active unchecked while translation is in progress. Once translators have covered the values you care about, edit the language and select Active to show the results to users.
Makes finished translations visible to users in that language. Untranslated values fall back to the default language, so keep this off until coverage is complete.
The users allowed to edit values for the language. Each needs View Setup and Configuration. Assign several to split a large language, or one person to several languages.
Add introduces a new language to the Workbench. Edit changes the translator roster or the active flag on a language you have already added.
- The page is hidden until the Translation Workbench is enabled, so a missing menu item usually means the feature is off, not a permission gap.
- Translators without View Setup and Configuration cannot translate, which surprises teams using contractors who normally never touch Setup.
- Activating a language before translation finishes shows users a mix of their language and English fallback, which looks unpolished.
- This page is not Language Settings. Adding a language here does not let users pick it for their UI, and enabling a UI language there does not feed the Workbench.