Choosing a Default Language

Changing the default language

1. Log in as a user with the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission.
2. Choose > System. Select General Configuration to open the Administration page.
    Keyboard shortcut: 'g' + 'g' + start typing 'general configuration'

3. Click the 'Edit Configuration' button at the end of the page, then select the appropriate language in the dropdown box next to 'Default language'.
   
   Any additional languages you have installed will appear in the list. See Translating JIRA.

   Limitation

   If you change the default language, some JIRA constants won't be translated into local languages chosen by your users.

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   When you create a project using a system language other than English, JIRA will create duplicates of default issue types, statuses, resolutions, and priorities. These duplicates won’t be translated into other languages chosen by your users (see Per-user language selection below). To work around this, either create new projects with the language set to English (and then change back to your preferred language) or provide custom translations for these duplicates (see Translating JIRA constants).

Per-user language selection

Individual users can choose their own language, which will override the default language (see above).

Overriding the default translations of Issue Types, Resolutions, Statuses and Priorities

Should you wish, you can easily specify your own translations for the values of the following JIRA issue fields:

• Issue Type
• Priority
• Status
• Resolution

Your specified translations will override the values specified in the JIRA translation.

Related Topics

• Translating JIRA