17.3 Language
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## 17.3 Language

Currently, Kerio WebMail includes the following language versions:

English | Dutch | Hungarian | Russian
Czech | Croatian | German | Slovak
Chinese | Italian | Polish | Spanish
French | Japanese | Portuguese | Swedish

### Custom language version

If Kerio WebMail does not include the language localization you need, it is possible to create a custom language version.

All language texts displayed in the Kerio WebMail interface are saved in separate localization files. Localization XML files are stored in subdirectory `/translations` (in the directory where Kerio MailServer is installed). UTF-8 encoding is used.

The name of each file is created from the language abbreviation (e.g. `de` for German, `en` for English etc.) and the suffix `.def`. Another language can be added anytime by creating the relevant definition file. The administrator of Kerio MailServer can therefore create a custom language version by simply copying one of the definition files in a file with a new name and translating the texts contained within.

XML format is delimited by `<translation>` tag. The individual rows must have the following form:

`<text id="head-user">User</text>`

Procedure for creating a custom localization file for a new language:

1. Copy the localization file from the source language (from which we will translate) to the file named according to the new language.

2. Translate all texts on individual lines in the file.

Opening of a new localization file requires restart of Kerio MailServer.

### Spellcheck and dictionaries

The spellcheck in Kerio WebMail is based on comparing the phrases with the dictionary, and it is therefore available only for the language versions available in the folder where language databases for Kerio MailServer are stored. These files can be found in under the `myspell` folder where Kerio MailServer is installed. The default language versions for the spellcheck dictionaries are English and Czech. The other language versions can be copied in the `myspell` folder. In order for the dictionaries to work properly, they must meet the `myspell` standard. These dictionaries are available on the Internet (e.g. at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/). Each dictionary includes two files, following the patterns `language_name.aff` (e.g. `fr_FR.aff`) and `language_name.dic` (e.g. `fr_FR.dic`). Copy both files to the `myspell` folder.

To employ the dictionary in the spellchecker, it is necessary to set it as preferred in the Kerio WebMail settings:

1. Open the full version of Kerio Webmail.

2. Click on the Settings button on the toolbar.

3. This opens the dialog divided to several tabs. Switch to the Mail composing tab.

4. In the Spell-checker dictionary field, select a dictionary (see figure 17.3 Dictionary selection in the Kerio WebMail settings).

   Figure 17.3. Dictionary selection in the Kerio WebMail settings

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