Supported languages
Test Services is localized into English and three additional languages. The interface, the installer, the End User License Agreement, and the generated reports all appear in the selected language. This page lists the supported languages, explains how the language is chosen, and notes the support history. It is for administrators and users who run Test Services in a localized environment.
Languages
Test Services supports the following languages. English is the base language and the fallback when an unsupported language is configured.
Table: Supported languages
| Language | Language code | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English | en | Supported (base) |
| Simplified Chinese | zh | Supported |
| Japanese | ja | Supported |
| Brazilian Portuguese | pt | Supported |
The same languages apply to the interface, the installer, the End User License Agreement shown during installation, and the generated reports, including the Summary report.
How the language is selected
Test Services selects a language from configuration or from the operating system, and falls back to English when no supported language applies.
- Configured language. When a language is set explicitly in the Test Services configuration, that language is used if it is supported.
- Operating system locale. When the configured language is set to follow the operating system, Test Services uses the operating system locale if it maps to a supported language.
- Fallback. Any unsupported or unrecognized language falls back to English.
Reports are generated in the language of the machine that runs the test. Localized report templates carry the correct character sets so that status values, such as the localized form of Passed, display correctly.
Dates and number formats
Localized environments affect how dates and numbers are formatted. Test Services uses a single date format and accounts for locale-specific number separators.
- Dates in the interface and in reports use the format
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss +zz:zz. In storage folder names, the colons are replaced with hyphens because the colon is not allowed in folder names. - Date and time values in the interface are shown in the local time zone. Date and time values inside reports use the server time zone.
Support history
The set of marketed languages has changed across releases.
- Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese localization was introduced in early releases.
- Russian was added in Test Services 3.4 and removed in Test Services 3.7. It is no longer available, marketed, or supported.
German is not a supported language. On a German operating system, Test Services falls back to English.
See also
- System requirements: supported operating system languages, browsers, and access URLs.
- Supported storage backends: the storage systems Test Services runs on.
- Test report contents: what the Summary report and test reports contain.
- About the Summary report: how the Summary report aggregates results.