Translation Language Settings configure which languages your org supports for UI translation via Translation Workbench. It's the org-wide list — adding a language here unlocks per-language translation work in Translation Workbench.
- Open Setup → Translation Settings
Setup gear → Quick Find: Translation → Translation Settings (Translation Language Settings is a synonym path).
- Tick Enable Translation Workbench
First-time enablement. Required before adding languages.
- Click Supported Languages → Add
Multi-select from the list of Salesforce-supported languages — French, Spanish, German, Japanese, etc.
- For each added language, assign Translators
Translation Workbench → Translators → assign Salesforce Users by language. Translators can edit only their assigned language.
- Save
Languages are now translatable. Open Translation Workbench → Translate to start populating per-language strings.
From Salesforce's list of 50+ supported languages.
Salesforce Users with edit access for that language.
End-User languages allow display only. Platform languages allow display + admin / Setup translation.
- End-User Languages are display-only. A user set to an End-User Language sees translated UI but admin Setup pages stay in the org's default language.
- Adding a new Supported Language doesn't automatically populate translations. Each translatable string must be entered via Translation Workbench manually or imported via XLF.
- Per-Profile Language overrides exist but are limited. Most language assignment happens at the User level.