Configuring Multiple Languages

If the Multi-Language feature has been enabled in your account, the following language features are available.

System-Supported Languages

When the Multi-Language feature is enabled, users can select their language preference in NetSuite.

  • Users can choose from the following system-supported languages for their NetSuite user interface:

    • Chinese (Simplified)

    • Chinese (Traditional)

    • Czech

    • Danish

    • Dutch

    • English (AU)

    • English (CA)

    • English (International)

    • English (UK)

    • English (US)

    • Finnish

    • French

    • French (CA)

    • German

    • Indonesian

    • Italian

    • Japanese

    • Korean

    • Norwegian

    • Portuguese (BR)

    • Russian

    • Spanish (ES)

    • Spanish (Latin America)

    • Swedish

    • Thai

    • Turkish

    • Vietnamese

    These choices are available in user preferences. For more information, see Choosing a Language for Your NetSuite User Interface.

  • On printed transaction forms, customers can see item names, descriptions, and expense categories in the language specified on their customer record.

    • Only system-supported languages are supported on printed transaction forms, because NetSuite provides translated strings for general terms.

    • To enter item translation strings in a specific language, add that language on the Languages subtab on the General Preferences page, as described in Enabling the Entry of Translation Strings for a Specific Language.

  • You can translate website elements so visitors see them in their own language. These elements include items, saved searches, tabs, categories, email forms, text, and images, and formatted website text.

    • The system-supported languages are supported for website translations, and the following additional languages are also supported:

      • Afrikaans

      • Albanian

      • Arabic

      • Armenian

      • Bahasa Malay

      • Bengali

      • Bosnian

      • Bulgarian

      • Chinese (Simplified)

      • Chinese (Traditional)

      • Croatian

      • Czech

      • Danish

      • Dutch

      • English (AU)

      • English (CA)

      • English (International)

      • English (UK)

      • Estonian

      • Filipino

      • Finnish

      • French (Canada)

      • German

      • Greek

      • Gujarati

      • Hebrew

      • Hindi

      • Hungarian

      • Icelandic

      • Indonesian

      • Italian

      • Japanese

      • Kannada

      • Korean

      • Latin American Spanish

      • Latvian

      • Lithuanian

      • Luxembourgish

      • Marathi

      • Norwegian

      • Persian (Iran)

      • Polish

      • Portuguese (Brazil)

      • Portuguese (Portugal)

      • Punjabi

      • Romanian

      • Russian

      • Serbian (Cyrillic)

      • Serbian (Latin)

      • Slovak

      • Slovenian

      • Spanish

      • Swedish

      • Tamil

      • Telugu

      • Thai

      • Turkish

      • Ukrainian

      • Vietnamese

    • To add website translation strings in a specific language, add that language on the Languages subtab of the General Preferences page, as described in Enabling the Entry of Translation Strings for a Specific Language.

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