Language

Using built-in languages

To use one of the built-in languages, update the locale value in your config.yml file to your desired language code. Below is a list of available language codes:

# Example: Set to Czech (Čeština)
locale: cs

Language Code	Language Name	Native Name
af	Afrikaans	Afrikaans
ar	Arabic	العربية
bg	Bulgarian	Български
bs	Bosnian	Bosanski
ca	Catalan	Català
cs	Czech	Čeština
da	Danish	Dansk
de	German	Deutsch
el	Greek	Ελληνικά
en-UD	English (Upside Down)	English (Upside Down)
en	English	English
es	Spanish	Español
fi	Finnish	Suomi
fr	French	Français
he	Hebrew	עברית
hr	Croatian	Hrvatski
hu	Hungarian	Magyar
id	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia
it	Italian	Italiano
ja	Japanese	日本語
ko	Korean	한국어
lv	Latvian	Latviešu
nl	Dutch	Nederlands
no	Norwegian	Norsk
pl	Polish	Polski
pt-BR	Portuguese (Brazil)	Português (Brasil)
pt	Portuguese	Português
ro	Romanian	Română
ru	Russian	Русский
sk	Slovak	Slovenčina
sl	Slovenian	Slovenščina
sr-CS	Serbian (Cyrillic)	Српски (ћирилица)
sr	Serbian (Latin)	Srpski (latinica)
sv	Swedish	Svenska
th	Thai	ภาษาไทย
tr	Turkish	Türkçe
uk	Ukrainian	Українська
vi	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt
zh-CN	Chinese (Simplified)	简体中文
zh	Chinese (Traditional)	繁體中文

These translations are maintained by the community and may not always be fully complete. If you would like to help improve them, you can contribute on our Weblate instance.

Using Norwegian language

YAML treats the literal value no as false. To use no as the Norwegian language code, you must cast it to a string like this:

locale: "no"

Empty language folder

The languages folder is typically empty because the built-in languages are stored within the plugin jar itself. You do not need to download any files unless you plan to customize the translations.

These translations are maintained by the community and may not be 100% complete. You can help us translating them on our Weblate instance.

Customizing language files

If you wish to make changes to language files, follow these steps:

1. Download the base language file
   You can download the base language files from our GitHub repository.
2. Add the file to your languages folder
   Place your modified language file in the languages folder inside your BedWars folder (located in the default plugins folder). For example, to modify the Czech language, create a file named language_cs.yml.
3. Update config.yml
   Update the locale variable in your config.yml to match your file’s language code.
   

   # Example for Czech:
   locale: cs
   

Tip

While you can download and modify the entire language file, it is better to create an empty language file and include only the lines you want to override. This ensures that any untranslated lines will still use the updated built-in versions. If you paste the unchanged lines into your custom file, they will override the built-in translations, even if the plugin updates them later.

Creating a new language

To create a completely new language, follow these steps:

1. Download the English language file from the GitHub repository.
2. Save the file as language_myCode.yml, where myCode is your desired language code.
3. Translate the individual lines into your new language.
4. Update the locale variable in your config.yml to your new language code:
   

   locale: myCode
   

Tip

If you create a new language, consider helping us add it to the plugin by contributing to our Weblate instance! This way, your language becomes available to everyone in future plugin updates. Visit our Weblate instance to get started.