language translation

[Rita younes]

Dears,

Can I have the default language English as a package or a jar file?

I want to use the default language and translate it to my own language.

I know that there is a website that can help me, but i prefer to start the translation from the default english exist in JIRA.

Please adise.

Rita

[jjaroczynski]

Default messages in English are not available as a language pack (jar file).

Original messages are located in *.properties i18n files and there are many of these files spread across JIRA.

Translating JIRA to your local language this way is a bad idea for several reasons:

• There are many properties files and you will probably miss some (remember about plugins bundled with JIRA - they might contain i18n files too!)
• There are probably some good quality translations for your language already available at translations.atlassian.com. Why not to continue that work?
• When you upgrade your JIRA you will probably lose/overwrite language pack in your installation and need to install it again - that's a manual process and after a year you (or your successor) might not remember that you followed this not standard process.
• When you upgrade your JIRA, it will come with new original messages. How to find these new entries among tens of i18n properties files and translate them?
• Other JIRA users will not benefit from your work.

My strong suggestion is to use http://translations.atlassian.com website. It is very useful and allows to avoid the problems listed above. If you have any suggestion regarding usability, you can always raise an issue at https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TRANS.

You can also try IPT plugin for JIRA. It allows to translate messages right from JIRA and see translations instantly.

I hope it helps.

Cheers,
Jacek

[michael_ngangom]

Hello Rita,

You can installed the language that you need from Atlassian markets. The language install will give you complete details on how to do it. I hope this is what you were looking for.

BR,

Mike 

[Rita younes]

Dear Micheal , I 'm searching to get the English package installed by default in JIRA. (the default language in JIRA is the English, from where I can get all the fields ?) Once I get it i will be able to translate it in my own . Where I can get the english package? I hope my question is clear. Thanks,

[Rita younes]

Thanks Michael for your quick answer. I want the english jar files which contains all the fielld in JIRA to translate it to my own language and put it in atlassian-jira\WEB-INF\atlassian-bundled-plugins ( in this location I can found the FR, ES, JP, DE jar files but I cannot find the english jar. Kindly advise

[michael_ngangom]

Hello Rita, To understand your question better I would like to clarify if you need a language package for your JIRA instance? English comes by default