What languages are available in Betterworks?
The language feature allows Betterworks customers with employees in different countries to localize the language. Currently, there are 31 options available;
Czech, Danish, German, English (US)*, English (UK), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), French (France), French (Canada), Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional).
*English (US) is the default language.
How do I set the language for my organization?
Administrators can set the language for their organization by going to Admin → Platform Configuration → Organization Settings → Language
How do I set the language for a specific user?
Admin Module
Administrators can set a specific user's language through the Admin module by going to Admin → User Management → Departments and users → Users → Individual update.
CSV Upload
On the user template that is uploaded through manual CSV or sent automatically through the HRIS integration, there is a 'locale' field. Enter the designated locale value for a user and it will automatically adjust their Betterworks language accordingly.
The values are as follows;
| code | Display value | English name | |
| 1 | cs | Čeština | Czech |
| 2 | da | Dansk | Danish |
| 3 | de | Deutsch | German |
| 4 | en | English (US) | English (US) — default |
| 5 | en_GB | English (UK) | English (UK) |
| 6 | es | Español | Spanish (Spain) |
| 7 | es_419 | Español (America Latina) | Spanish (Latin America) |
| 8 | fr_FR | Français | French (France) |
| 9 | fr_CA | Français - Canada | French (Canada) |
| 10 | he | עברית | Hebrew |
| 11 | hi | िहन्दी | Hindi |
| 12 | hr | Hrvatski | Croatian |
| 13 | id | Bahasa Indonesia | Indonesian |
| 14 | it | Italiano | Italian |
| 15 | ja | 日本語 | Japanese |
| 16 | ko | 한국어 | Korean |
| 17 | hu | Magyar | Hungarian |
| 18 | nl | Nederlands | Dutch |
| 19 | no | Norsk | Norwegian |
| 20 | pl_PL | Polski | Polish |
| 21 | pt_BR | Português Brasil | Portuguese (Brazil) |
| 22 | ru | Русский' | Russian |
| 23 | ro | Română | Romanian |
| 24 | sk | Slovenč ina |
Slovak |
| 25 | sv | Svenska | Swedish |
| 26 | th | ภาษาไทย | Thai |
| 27 | uk | українська | Ukrainian |
| 28 | vi | tiếng Việt | Vietnamese |
| 29 | tr | Türkçe | Turkish |
| 30 | zh-Hans | 中文（简体） | Chinese (Simplified) |
| 31 | zh-Hant | 中文（繁體） | Chinese (Traditional) |
API
To learn more about the Betterworks API and how to set it up for your organization, see our Developer Documentation as well as the following articles:
The below example is a way to update a user's language through the API:
How do users set the language in their own profile?
You can set the language by going to Profile drop-down menu → My Settings → User Settings → Language.
Note: Notifications will be received in the user's local language. However, certain aspects of the application (i.e. custom naming, goal names, comments, etc.) will not be translated.