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IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

We are pleased to announce the availability of Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP for 5 additional languages today. These languages were tagged as “Coming Soon” in our blog post early June. Please visit our World wide sites page to download Internet Explorer in your preferred locale/ language.

Languages newly available on Windows XP:

For reference, here’s a table with the full list of IE8 availability:

LANGUAGE	Windows Vista		Windows XP		Windows Server 2008		Windows Server 2003
	x86	x64	x86	x64 PRO	x86	x64	x86	x64
	x86	x64	x86	x64 PRO	x86	x64	x86	x64
Arabic	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Chinese (Traditional)	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Chinese (Simplified)	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Chinese (Hong Kong)	Available	Available	-	-	Available	Available	-	-
Czech	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Danish	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Dutch	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
English	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Finnish	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
French	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
German	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Greek	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Hebrew	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Hungarian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Italian	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Japanese	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Korean	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Norwegian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Polish	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Portuguese (Portugal)	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Portuguese (Brazil)	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	Available
Russian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	Available
Spanish	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Swedish	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Turkish	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	Available	-
Bulgarian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Croatian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Estonian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Latvian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Lithuanian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Romanian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Serbian (Latin)	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Slovenian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Slovak	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Thai	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Ukrainian	Available	Available	Available	-	Available	Available	-	-
Albanian	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Assamese	Available	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Basque	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Bengali (Bangladesh)	Available	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bengali (India)	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Bosnian (Cyrillic)	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Bosnian (Latin)	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Catalan	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Gujarati	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Hindi	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesian	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Kannada	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Kazakh	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Konkani	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyz	Available	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Macedonian	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Malay (Brunei Darussalam)	Available	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malay (Malaysia)	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Malayalam	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Marathi	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Oriya	Available	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Punjabi	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Serbian (Cyrillic)	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Tamil	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Telugu	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-
Uzbek (Latin)	Available	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnamese	Available	-	Available	-	-	-	-	-

Thanks,
Vishwac Sena Kannan,
International Program Manager | Internet Explorer.

Published Friday, June 26, 2009 2:27 PM by ieblog

Filed under: IE Announcements

Comments

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Friday, June 26, 2009 5:36 PM by gabe

when will the transcirpt from the ie team chat be posted

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Friday, June 26, 2009 9:55 PM by HappyAndyK

Thats an eye-opener! I didnt know IE8 was available in so many languages ! Thanks for the post.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:45 AM by Quality Directory

Last time 20 languages were added to the pack and now 5 more. I appreciate the speed with which you add more languages. Hopefully before the end of the year, a couple of African languages will be added. I know The IE8 Team is listening attentively and uses the community feedback to enhance the browser to appeal to a wider audience all over the world.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Saturday, June 27, 2009 2:12 AM by Mohammad

Thanks. I Love Microsoft!

Please Add Persian Language

Good Luck

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Saturday, June 27, 2009 9:51 AM by boen_robot

Could you possibly arrange the list of all IE8 releases in some order please? Like alphabetically (by the english language name) or perhaps by the number of available platforms + alphabetically?

I'm curious about something... how do decide what languages to translate on what platforms? Do you analyze sales, UA strings, independant researchers or just "invest fully in a language; translate it wherever possible; if not currently possible, create patches and translate later"?

I'm asking because the kind of translation you currently have for my language (Bulgarian) is spot on - Windows XP (x86) and Windows Vista (x86 and x64) are the only widely (enough...) used OSes. No one uses Windows XP x64 (as far as I know, and mind you - I sell and repair computers as my day job, so I know what I'm talking about), and when someone needs a web server, they usually choose Linux. Big corporations that would need to use Windows Server only for their own organization do exist, but are very few (especially when compared with bigger markets like Germany, UK or the US), excluding the government agencies of course. Foreign investors are only starting to appear in recent years, so if they do decide to buy a new Windows Server for their Bulgarian employees, they'd want the latest - Windows Server 2008.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Saturday, June 27, 2009 4:44 PM by S

Ok, now can you work on SVG support? Every modern browser except Internet Explorer supports the SVG image standard. As a web designer, it would be useful if the people coming to my site in IE could see the images properly.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:27 AM by Giovanfrancesco Pugliese Carratelli

I am using Windows XP x64 in Italian. I tried to install IE8 also in Italian, but the installation stopped almost immediately, saying the language used for the operating system is not supported by the installation programme.

What is wrong?

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Monday, June 29, 2009 5:37 PM by Allison [MSFT]

The June IEChat transcript is now live.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Saturday, July 04, 2009 2:05 AM by Dwight Stegall

Why would anyone still want to use XP? It's like living in the Ice Age. I never did like it. Vista is way better.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:14 PM by bboy33

It's amazing how Internet Explorer works hard to add more language availability to their product. This way, more and more people would be able to use it even if they don't know how to speak English. It makes it more convenient too as they can be more comfortable while accessing the internet with the language that they are familiar with.

# re: IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:15 AM by Brookeleshea

Check out my URL to see a public service announcement I made about IE8 Translation accelerators! ! !

http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/VideosSeries/VideoView.aspx?vid=8980_83053190&pid=332257&scid=465

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