# \[FEATURE-13837\] Translations **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [April 30, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497 "2019-04-30T10:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrea.morando](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrea.morando/32/8039_2.png) [@andrea.morando](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.morando)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/1 "2019-04-30T10:11:10Z")
Dear all, I am currently using the **b2019040718** release. what about the translation feature in Perspective? Are there news about this topic? The translation feature is a key point to widely deploy our applications. Thank you in advance for your reply. Andrea ---
**Author:** ![PerryAJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/perryaj/32/3281_2.png) [@PerryAJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PerryAJ)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/2 "2019-05-08T22:38:45Z")
Right now there is fundamental support for translations in Perspective, but they aren’t quite useful yet (currently only supported by Buttons and Labels). I’ve added a ticket to prioritize the rollout across all components. I can’t provide a timeline at the moment, but will update when I can. ---
**Author:** ![andrea.morando](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrea.morando/32/8039_2.png) [@andrea.morando](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.morando)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/3 "2019-05-10T07:01:18Z")
Good morning, thank you for your reply. Could you clarify me how to set up the translations for Buttons and Labels? Thanks. Andrea ---
**Author:** ![PerryAJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/perryaj/32/3281_2.png) [@PerryAJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PerryAJ)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/4 "2019-05-10T15:30:00Z")
Hi Andrea, There is really very little to setup. Basically if you have terms defined for a locale, and the session is set to that locale (`session.props.locale`), then a term matching property value will get swapped with the localized term. For instance: I display the term “food” in `en_us`. I add a localization for `es` that maps “food” to “comida”, using the [translation manager](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/Creating+Translation+Lists). Now, on any label being presented, if the default locale (en\_us) text value is “food” and the `session.props.locale` is set to `es`, then the value displayed will be “comida”. The underlying property value does not change, we simply present the localized version to the user instead of the default `en_us` version. ---
**Author:** ![andrea.morando](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrea.morando/32/8039_2.png) [@andrea.morando](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.morando)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/5 "2019-05-10T20:44:39Z")
Thank you for your reply. Just a few more questions: 1. Are the “system.util.\*” functions related to translations (like “system.util.modifyTranslation” ) limited to the vision scope or available also in perspective? 2. Does the “session.props.locale” value correspond to the Java locale codes? Thank you. Andrea ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/6 "2019-05-10T21:01:15Z")
As many of the system.util functions as can be are in the process of being ported over to work in all scopes - possibly 8.0.2, maybe 8.0.3 for those that can be. `session.props.locale` is the IETF language tag equivalent of the Java locale: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF\_language\_tag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag) - see [https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Locale.html#toLanguageTag()](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Locale.html#toLanguageTag()) for how we map them from Java to JS to send them to the frontend. ---
**Author:** ![awalker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/awalker/32/6874_2.png) [@awalker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/awalker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/7 "2019-05-21T17:05:39Z")
This feature was added in the 8.0.2 nightly build that was uploaded today (5/21). ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/8 "2019-09-10T21:53:59Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [[feature-14961]Add system.util.modifyTranslation to GW/Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14961-add-system-util-modifytranslation-to-gw-perspective/28157) ---
**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-13837-translations/24497/9 "2020-04-28T15:38:49Z")
system.util.modifyTranslation has been added to all scopes in Ignition 8.0.13 and will appear in the nightlies tonight.