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# Nationalization
Archinstall supports multiple languages, which depend on translations coming from the community :)
## Important Note
Before starting a new language translation be aware that a font for that language may not be
available on the ISO.
Fonts that are using a different character set than Latin will not be displayed correctly. If those languages
want to be selected than a proper font has to be set manually in the console.
All available console fonts can be found in `/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts` and they
can be set with `setfont LatGrkCyr-8x16`
## Adding new languages
New languages can be added simply by creating a new folder with the proper language abbreviation (see list `languages.json` if unsure).
Run the following command to create a new template for a language
```
mkdir -p <abbr>/LC_MESSAGES/ && touch <abbr>/LC_MESSAGES/base.po
```
After that run the script `./locales_generator.sh <lang_abbr>` it will automatically populate the new `base.po` file with the strings that
need to be translated into the new language.
For example the `base.po` might contain something like the following now
```
#: lib/user_interaction.py:82
msgid "Do you really want to abort?"
msgstr ""
```
The `msgid` is the identifier of the string in the code as well as the default text to be displayed, meaning that if no
translation is provided for a language then this is the text that is going to be shown.
## Perform translations
To perform translations for a language this file can be edited manually or the neat `poedit` can be used (https://poedit.net/).
If editing the file manually, write the translation in the `msgstr` part
```
#: lib/user_interaction.py:82
msgid "Do you really want to abort?"
msgstr "Wollen sie wirklich abbrechen?"
```
After the translations have been written, run the script once more `./locales_generator.sh` and it will auto-generate the `base.mo` file with the included translations.
After that you're all ready to go and enjoy Archinstall in the new language :)
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