# spanish translation **URL:** \ **Category:** Translation\ **Created:** [November 15, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062 "2016-11-15T18:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edgarobles](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@edgarobles](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/edgarobles)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/1 "2016-11-15T18:11:44Z")
Hi everybody i newbie using gibbon, i recently installed , but i cant change english to spanish language of system, i use mozilla firefox browser and have added spanish/mexico language , but still in english. ---
**Author:** ![edgarobles](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@edgarobles](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/edgarobles)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/2 "2016-11-15T18:30:37Z")
i noticed a misconfiguration of gettext, only had to set the locale to es\_ES instead of es\_MX and i solved the issue, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/3 "2016-11-16T03:39:15Z")
edgarobles, welcome to the Gibbon community, and thanks for solving your issue and sharing the solution : ) The change you made to the locale, where did you make those? I just want to make sure I understand your solution so I can make sure it won’t cause you issues down the line. ---
**Author:** ![jorgequatro](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@jorgequatro](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/jorgequatro)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/4 "2016-12-21T06:02:26Z")
Hi. First of all thank you for this help site. I have problems activating the Spanish language throughout the site. I have configured all the administrative parameters to activate the Spanish of Spain, but it does not work for me. Is there a manual configuration that can be configured somewhere in the code? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/5 "2016-12-29T11:40:19Z")
Jorge, thanks for getting in touch, and welcome to the Gibbon community. I am guessing the issue is to do with not having the correct locales installed in your operating system. Please can you let us know what OS type/flavour/version you are using (e.g. Ubuntu Linux 16.04), and we will try and help you. Ross. ---
**Author:** ![adminuvam](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@adminuvam](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/adminuvam)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/6 "2017-01-02T00:36:43Z")
Hi admin, same issue, I am using a desktop version of Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, tried to install the locales and no changes. Thank you for all of your support ---
**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/7 "2017-01-02T11:05:54Z")
adminuvam, that is very odd. Most of my experience is with Ubuntu Server, but the stack should work the same as the desktop version. Do you have gettext installed? Can you check your error log to see if there are any error messages being generated? Thanks, Ross. ---
**Author:** ![dcowens76](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/dcowens76/32/178_2.png) [@dcowens76](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/dcowens76)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/8 "2017-04-17T01:57:27Z")
I had this problem and sorted it out based on the comments above. To summarize: I found a helpful [forum post](https://askubuntu.com/questions/76013/how-do-i-add-locale-to-ubuntu-server#76106) that describes how to install locales. 1. Check to see which locales are installed: `locale -a`` ` Install the locale you need: sudo locale-gem fr_FR or sudo locale-gen fr_FR.UTF-8 Run: sudo update-locale ` ` ` Finally, install getttext: sudo apt-get install gettext` Those steps worked for me.` ---
**Author:** ![jorarhg](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jorarhg](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/jorarhg)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/9 "2018-01-27T05:02:10Z")
Hi everybody i recently installed gibbon, but i can’t change english to spanish language of system, i use mozilla firefox browser and have added spanish language , but still in english, my SO is Debian 9 and gibbon 15.0 1. Check to see which locales are installed: locale -a en\_US.utf8 es\_ES es\_ES.iso88591 es\_ES.utf8 es\_MX es\_MX.iso88591 es\_MX.utf8 POSIX 2. i already ran the command: sudo update-locale 3. i already installed gettext: sudo apt-get install gettext 4. Check locale config: locale -v LANG=es\_ES.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=es\_ES.UTF-8 LC\_CTYPE=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_NUMERIC=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_TIME=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_COLLATE=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_MONETARY=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_MESSAGES=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_PAPER=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_NAME=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_ADDRESS=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_TELEPHONE=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_MEASUREMENT=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_IDENTIFICATION=“es\_ES.UTF-8” LC\_ALL=es\_ES.UTF-8 1. … and no changes. What else can be done? Thank you for all of your support ---
**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/10 "2018-01-29T12:42:00Z")
Hi Jorge, thanks for your patience whilst we found time to look at your post. Can you clarify the following: 1. The commands run and output shown above are on the server side (you might be running Linux/Mac on desktop, and so I want to be sure) 2. In which part of Gibbon have you changed your language? Installer, System Settings, personal Preferences, or at login? Once we have this information we will be in a better position to respond. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jorarhg](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jorarhg](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/jorarhg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/11 "2018-01-29T17:20:57Z")
Hi, As I said in the previous post, my operating system is Linux Debian 9, mounted on a virtual machine in Microsoft azure, running on apache virtual host pointing to my test domain, as for the configuration I did it everywhere you mention, thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/12 "2018-01-30T00:41:30Z")
Hello, thanks for taking the time to clarify. The previous post was a little ambiguous, so I just wanted to be 100% clear. Have you checked your PHP error logs to see if there is any mention of anything relevant in there? Thanks! Ross. ---
**Author:** ![uebmaster](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@uebmaster](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/uebmaster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/13 "2019-10-04T16:08:15Z")
Hola jorarhg, escribo en español porque supongo que si quieres instalar el idioma en español es porque lo hablas, entonces te comento que yo tuve el mismo problema que tu, sólo que en mi caso es debian 10. Yo resolví mi problema eliminando todas las variables de español y sólo dejando es\_ES.utf8 y el inglés de USA, por alguna razón no me funcionaba con el español de México. Espero te ayude resolver tu problema, saludos. ---
**Author:** ![dantebravo](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@dantebravo](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/dantebravo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/14 "2023-03-05T18:40:25Z")
Hola, tengo Windows 11, y no puedo cambiar el lenguaje, a español, agradecería ayudas, muchas gracias y saludos ---
**Author:** ![sandra](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/sandra/32/5_2.png) [@sandra](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/sandra)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/15 "2023-03-10T04:04:06Z")
Hi dantebravo, check out the instructions here, provided by a community member who has had a similar issue when using Windows: [https://docs.gibbonedu.org/administrators/misc/internationalisation/#setting-up-locales-in-windows](https://docs.gibbonedu.org/administrators/misc/internationalisation/#setting-up-locales-in-windows) ---
**Author:** ![dantebravo](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@dantebravo](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/dantebravo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/16 "2023-08-16T00:05:55Z")
Hi Sandra, the link [Multilingual, Internationalisation & Localisation :: Gibbon Docs](https://docs.gibbonedu.org/administrators/misc/internationalisation/#setting-up-locales-in-windows) does not exist. Is there any current solution? Thank you very much and greetings ---
**Author:** ![dantebravo](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@dantebravo](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/dantebravo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/17 "2023-08-17T15:46:32Z")
The link of the video of Manuel A. Ruiz does not exist ---
**Author:** ![CarlosCh](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/carlosch/32/287_2.png) [@CarlosCh](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/CarlosCh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/18 "2023-10-26T01:17:14Z")
Installing gettext at my debian server was what I was missing. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Fcabada](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/fcabada/32/319_2.png) [@Fcabada](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/Fcabada)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/spanish-translation/1062/19 "2023-11-29T03:36:56Z")
> [@edgarobles](#): > > i use mozilla firefox browser and have added spanish/mexico language , but still in english. Hi, EdgarRobles, i am from Obrego, Sonora, México Are you still using Gibbon? You saw that to solve it you have to modify the code, because all the system messages such as texts, labels, etc., are in English directly in the PHP code Tell me!!!