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  1. Refer to the steps above under Server Customization, then...
  2. Find the file named "default" located in /WEB-INF/data/locales. This file contains all of the strings that have been externalized
  3. Copy the file "default" to another file that is named as one of the language codes listed in ISO 639-2. For example, German is "ger", English is "eng", Portuguese is "por" and Chinese is "chi".
  4. Selectively edit the target language file and put in test add your translations.
  5. Copy the target Copy your new target language file to /WEB-INF/data/locales Ex: /WEB-INF/data/locales/spa
  6. Refer back to final steps under Server Customization.
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The default runtime strings will not be updated simply by editing the file named "default file". You must make a copy as described above, customize the message strings in the copy and then append &locale=<name of copy> to all your runtime Urls.

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  1. Refer to the steps above under Server Customization, then...
  2. Find the file named "default" located in /WEB-INF/data/locales. This file contains all of the strings that have been externalized
  3. Copy the file "default" to another file that is named as one of the language codes listed in ISO 639-2. For example, German is "ger", English is "eng", Portuguese is "por" and Chinese is "chi".
  4. Selectively edit the target language file and put in add your translations.
  5. Copy the target language file to your new target language file to /WEB-INF/data/locales Ex: /WEB-INF/data/locales/spa
  6. Refer back to final steps under Server Customization.
Warning
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The default runtime strings will not be updated simply by editing the file named "default". You must make a copy as described above, customize the strings in the copy and then append &locale=<name of copy> to your edit mode Url.

Test that your translation shows up as expected by:

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Your form's style (colors, font, etc...) can be locale specific. This enables the form designer to select culturally appropriate colors based on the current locale and to match forms to websites that have also been localized using cultural fonts and colors. See locale specific themes  for full details.