# What other ISO language codes does Ignition offer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 2, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751 "2022-03-02T23:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BVong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@BVong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BVong)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/1 "2022-03-02T23:10:50Z")
I understand the user locale and the examples are useful for English (en-US) to Spanish(es-US) translations. What is usable at the current time? A list would be nice of what is supported by Inductive Automation. I hate to assume that everything in this link can be translated. > **[List of ISO 639-1 codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes)** > > ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (639-1) and three-letter (639-2 and 639-3) lowercase abbreviation, amended in later versions of the nomenclature. > This table lists all of: > And some of: ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/2 "2022-03-02T23:15:30Z")
This is probably the list to pay attention to: [Java 11 Supported Locales](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk11-suported-locales.html) Note that “support” means pretty little - you are responsible for managing translations in your system, we just provide the mechanism to define them. ---
**Author:** ![BVong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@BVong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BVong)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/3 "2022-03-04T17:46:37Z")
The link is exactly what I was looking for. I can provide the translation, just needed to know what locales I can use. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Cannon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alan_cannon/32/31171_2.png) [@Alan\_Cannon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alan_Cannon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/4 "2023-02-16T20:46:05Z")
curious about this. What was the thought or reasoning from moving away from [`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Locale`] standard codes [[Language Codes](https://www.robvanderwoude.com/languagecodes.php)] to ISO 639-1 codes. maybe its just me but this seems like a step backwards?? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/5 "2023-02-16T20:52:21Z")
What do you mean by "moving away from" ? Java has been using ISO language codes for decades, and Ignition has always been based on Java. Microsoft calls those "standard" codes, but they are "Microsoft" codes. Java is a platform that runs on much more than just Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Cannon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alan_cannon/32/31171_2.png) [@Alan\_Cannon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alan_Cannon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/6 "2023-02-16T21:07:17Z")
Ok i was not aware of the \<\> and i assumed that all machines used the '1033' for English cross platform while the Text format of 1033 was "EN" just to show. for instance when i use Sql [ms or my] im bound by using the 1033 for english or what every other language in the local im building or my data gets funny ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/0/705fe364f6a05a2b63821d0cd6664c0ede8a1fed.png) this is what i mean.. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-other-iso-language-codes-does-ignition-offer/56751/7 "2023-02-16T21:16:52Z")
Microsoft conflates encodings (character sets) with collations (language features). It's ugly. Good software keeps these separate. (_Psst!_ **PostgreSQL**.)