Configure localization | Zoho Creator Help

Configure localization

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Translate your app to a language

  1. Edit your app.
  2. Navigate to the  Settings  page.
  3. Click  Localization  under the  Personlization  section:

  4. Click the  Add Language  button near the top-right corner of the page. The  Add Language  pane will slide in from the right.
  5. Select the language to which you want to translate your app.
  6. Select the required translation option:  Use Google Translate  or  Translate Manually . The selected language will get added.

  7. Manage the translations as mentioned in the ensuing  section .

Manage the translations

Pre-requisite:  Translate your app to a language
  1. Hover over the required language, then click the  Translate  button.
  2. Manage the translations in the  Translate  pane:
    • If you had opted to use Google Translate for that language, app elements' labels will already be translated. You may still edit them as required.
    • If you had opted to manually translate to that language, you must enter translations for all elements. You may also enable  Auto translate  and make use of Google Translate.
    • Enabling  Auto translate  ensures that the translations for the changes in your app, such as addition of fields and renaming of labels, are automatically handled.
  3. Click  Save .


When you have customized  section  labels for phone and tablet
  • When you have customized section labels for phone, an additoinal segment titled  Mobile Sections  will be displayed last in the  Translate  pane, as shown below. The translations you set for phone will automatically be set for tablet as well.
  • When you have customized section labels for phone and tablet individually, you will see  Mobile Sections  and  Tab Sections

Set the language in which your users are to access your app

  • English : Your app will be shown in English
  • User's browser language :
    • When a user accesses from a web browser, your app will be shown in their browser's language
    • When a user accesses from a mobile device, your app will be shown as per their device's locale
    • Web browsers and mobile devices are capable of translating the labels in your apps by themselves.  Your translations , if present, will be displayed instead of the browser/device's.
  • Users' Zoho account language :
    • Your app will be shown in English  unless  you've translated it to the language that a user has selected in their Zoho account.
    • This option is selected by default
  • Let the user choose : Your users will be able to choose the language in which they want to use your app. All languages to which you've translated your app, will be available to your users.

    The default choice option lets you choose the default choice for the  Let the user choice  option. To change the default choice option click on the  Edit  button or on the language displayed.

    Now choose the required language from the drop down list in the pop up. Then click  Save .

  • <language>: This refers to the languages you've added by using the  Add Language  button. In the below example we have added Chinese, Dutch, French and Spanish.

Enable right-to-left (RTL) layout for your app

The RTL layout is available when you localize your app to Arabic, Azerbaijani, Hebrew, Urdu, Yiddish, and Persian. Learn  how your RTL-enabled app will look .

  1. Translate your app to one of the above given languages. Follow these  steps to add a language .
  2. Hover over the language, then toggle to  RTL :