OJS Languages

OJS is a multilingual system, allowing journals to publish in a variety of languages. All of the translations listed below have been created by the OJS community and contributed back to the project.

OJS not only allows journals to publish in different languages, but it also provides for multilingual support, making it possible to have a journal published in two or even three languages.

Languages listed on this page fall into the following categories:

  • Complete, in which case they are either bundled with that particular version of OJS, or are otherwise available for download from this web page.
  • Needs Updating, but included in the install.
  • Needs Updating, but not included in the install.

If a language you want to use is listed as Needs Updating, you can find a listing of previous contributors by clicking on the language name. We suggest you contact the contributor to see where they left off, and to consider taking over the translation yourself.

If you don't see the language(s) you are looking for listed here, please consider undertaking the translation yourself. If you are interested in contributing in such a way, contact us and we can give you further information, or otherwise consult our documentation on translating, available in HTML and PDF.

Language Version 2.2 Version 2.2.1/2.2.2/2.2.3 Version 2.3
Arabic (ar)
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Basque (eu_ES)
  • Not included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Catalan (ca_ES)
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Partially Complete*
  • Available here
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Chinese (zh_CN)
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Partially Complete*
  • Available here
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Chinese (zh_TW)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Croatian (hr_HR)
  • Not included
  • Partially Complete*
  • Included in install
  • Partially Complete*
  • Included in install
Czech (cs_CZ)
  • Not included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Danish
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Partially Complete*
  • Included in install
Dutch
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Complete
  • Included in install
English (en_US)
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Farsi
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Finnish
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
French (fr_CA)
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
German (de_DE)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Greek
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Hindi
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Hungarian (hu_HU)
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Indonesian
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Italian (it_IT)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Japanese (ja_JP)
  • Complete
  • Included in Install
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Malay
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Nepali
  • Not Included
  • In progress
  • Not Included
  • In progress
  • Not Included
Norwegian
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Polish
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Portuguese (pt_BR)
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Complete
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Portuguese (pt_PT)
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Partially Complete*
  • Available here
Romanian
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • In progress
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Russian (ru_RU)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Spanish (es_ES)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Complete
  • Included in install
Swedish
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Complete
  • Available here
  • Partially Complete*
  • Included in install
Thai
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Turkish (tr_TR)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Ukrainian
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
  • Needs Updating
  • Not Included
Vietnamese (vi_VN)
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
  • Needs Updating
  • Included in install
Welsh
  • Not Included
  • Partially complete*
  • Available here
  • Partially complete*
  • Available here

* Partially complete means that the most important files have been translated and it is usable for a journal. Often the Help files and Reading Tool files are the missing components.