How to apply Arabic Language on business central? Does there exist a language pack for Arabic for NAV, from Microsoft?

Question

The Arabic Language is not available in business central. I want to change the language from English to Arabic on Business Central. Please give me a solution so how to change language in Arabic.

Answer 1

Sorry about the inconvenience, Laiba

This will mean that Microsoft and even the partners have not yet build localizations for the Arabic language pack, I will suggest you sent this as feedback to Microsoft or directly speak to a Microsoft support agent about this,

To start a live chat, go to the Microsoft Support website: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus

Click on “Contact Us” or “Get Help” 1. You can also type “Talk to an Agent” in the virtual agent chat box

Kind regards, Adeyemi

Answer 2

I am using the same method, but the language is not changing to Arabic in Business Central.

Answer 3

Hello Laiba M

If you're a developer and want to create a custom language pack for Business Central, you can do so using XLIFF files, which is a standardized format used for computer-based translations.

To create a custom language pack for Business Central using XLIFF files, you can follow these steps:

1. Enable the generation of XLIFF files in the app.json file of your extension by adding the following line: "features": [ "TranslationFile" ].
2. Run the build command (Ctrl+Shift+B) in Visual Studio Code. This will generate a \\Translations folder and populate it with the .xlf file that contains all the labels, label properties, and report labels that you're using in the extension.
3. Translate the generated .xlf file into your desired language.
4. Make sure to rename the translation file before building the extension again, as it will be overwritten.

You can learn more about working with translation files in Business Central on the Microsoft Learn website here: https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-work-with-translation-files

Regards, Adeyemi

Answer 4

Do you have a solution for creating a custom Arabic language pack, or can you suggest any other solutions?

Answer 5

Hello Laiba M

It appears that there is no official Arabic language pack for Business Central provided by Microsoft.

In countries/regions where Microsoft has not delivered a localization, partners can build localizations using translation and localization apps that are published on AppSource You may want to check if there is a partner-built Arabic language pack available on AppSource. I did a search and you can check if any of this goes with want you need. https://appsource.microsoft.com/marketplace/apps?page=1&search=Arabic

I hope this helps.

Kind regards, Adeyemi