<p><b>Document Server</b> interface is available in many languages, but it might happen that your language is absent from the list of the available ones. If it is so and you have a possibility to participate in the translation of <b>Document Server</b> interface into your own language, you will need to check if everything is translated correctly and all the words and phrases fit where they belong.</p>
<p>This article will explain how this can be done.</b>
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<h2 id="ParticipateTranslation">Participating in translation</h2>
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<p>There are two ways to take part in the translation process:</p>
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<li>Translate <b>Document Server</b> (together with <b>Community Server</b> and <b>Mail Server</b>, if needed) using our <a href="<%=VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/guides/become-translator.aspx")%>">Translation system</a>. The process is quite easy. Once the translation is over, the language files for the interface translation will be included into the nearest release. We can also send them for you to check. If you would like to participate, feel free to contact us via the <a href="mailto:documentation@onlyoffice.com">documentation@onlyoffice.com</a> email address.</li>
<li>Or you can use our <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/web-apps-pro/">GitHub repository</a> to get the language files and translate them using the means you are used to. The files are located by the following paths:
<p>There are <code>JSON</code> files for each of the supported language. You can either correct the files already there or add your own language file with the two-letter language locale code.</p>
<p>Install <b>Document Server</b> on your own computer. The instruction on how this can be done is available <a class="doconly_display" href="<%=VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/server/docker/document/docker-installation.aspx")%>">here</a><span class="linonly_display"><a href="<%=VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/server/linux/document/linux-installation.aspx")%>">here for Ubuntu and derivatives</a> or <a href="<%=VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/server/linux/document/linux-installation-centos.aspx")%>">here for RPM-based distros</a></span>.
<p>If you use our translation system, you will need to contact us using the <a href="mailto:documentation@onlyoffice.com">documentation@onlyoffice.com</a> email address, so that we could send you the translated files.</p>
<p>Once you have the interface language <code>JSON</code> files, put them using the following paths:</p>
<p>After you check the translation (or after the <b>Document Server</b> updates) you might need to correct the files and upload them once again to the server instance. The files are cached for faster performance and you (and other <b>Document Server</b> users) will not see the changes until the server cache is cleared.</p>
<p>This is done the following way:</p>
<div class="notehelp doconly_display">All the actions must be performed <b>within</b> the Docker container.</div>
<li>The files must contain the build date and time values. Change these values to some other (any value will do, but the main thing that it <b>must be the same</b> in all the places).
<div class="notehelp">Please note that you need to find and replace <b>all</b> the instances of the date and time values in the above files. See the samples of <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/document-server-package/blob/master/common/documentserver/nginx/includes/ds-docservice.conf.m4">ds-docservice.conf</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/document-server-package/blob/master/common/documentserver/nginx/includes/ds-spellchecker.conf.m4">ds-spellchecker.conf</a> files in our GitHub repository. All the instances of the <code>{{DATE}}</code> variable there correspond to the date and time values which <b>must</b> be replaced.</div>