2007 Office system -- server products language offerings
Hi, my name is Gwyneth Marshall, and I’m a Program Manager in the Office International Services team. Our team ensures that the Office products meet the multilingual and multicultural needs of our customers worldwide. Enough readers of this blog have inquired about localized (non-English) versions of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) V3 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 that Lawrence has asked me to write a guest blog entry about the topic, and I am happy to oblige.
Language packs are available to install on WSS only, MOSS, MOSS for Search, Office Forms Server, and Project Server installations. For MOSS, MOSS for Search, Forms Server, and Project Server installations, the Office server products Language Pack (a.k.a. ServerLanguagePack) needs to be installed; this will take care of all sites. The WSS Language Packs (a.k.a. SharePointLanguagePack) are for WSS stand-alone installations.
Microsoft’s 2007 Office server products are localized into languages in two different ways: 1) fully translated SKUs and 2) Language Packs. A language-specific SKU delivers the respective Office server product localized into a given language. A Language Pack may be applied to an installed Office server product to create sites or site collections in other languages. Application of a Language Pack will not change the language of the installed Office server product SKU.
For Beta 2 and Beta 2 Tech Refresh (TR), a subset of SKUs and Language Packs will be made available, as shown in the tables below.
· To download the Language Packs for Beta 2 or very soon for Beta 2 TR, go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/download/en/default.mspx.
· See Deploy Language Packs in Office SharePoint Server 2007 for more information on how to install the language packs.
NOTE: The English Language Pack will not be available as a single language pack. You may install the English Language Pack when the Multiple Languages Language Pack (which includes all languages) ships.
Beta 2 and Beta 2 TR Timeframes
|
Release |
SKU or Language Park |
English |
Japanese |
German |
French |
Spanish |
|
Beta 2 |
WSS Stand-Alone 32-bit |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 |
WSS Stand-Alone 64-bit |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
WSS Language Pack 32-bit |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
WSS Language Pack 64-bit |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
Office SharePoint Server 32-bit |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 |
Office SharePoint Server 64 bit |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
Office Forms Server 32-bit |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 |
Office Forms Server 64-bit |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
Project Server 32-bit |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 |
Project Server 64-bit |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
Office server products Language Pack 32-bit |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 |
Office server products Language Pack 64-bit |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
WSS Stand-alone 32-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 TR |
WSS Stand-alone 64-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
WSS Language Pack 32-bit Patch |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
WSS Language Pack 64-bit Patch |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office SharePoint Server 32-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office SharePoint Server 64-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office SharePoint Server for Search 32-bit |
x |
x |
|
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office SharePoint Server for Search 64-bit |
x |
x |
|
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office Forms Server 32-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office Forms Server 64-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Project Server 32-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
Beta 2 TR |
Project Server 64-bit Patch |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office server products Language Pack 32-bit Patch |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
Beta 2 TR |
Office server products Language Pack 64-bit Patch |
|
x |
x |
|
|
RTM and Post-English-RTM Timeframes
The current list of languages supported by the 2007 Office server products and WSS is in the following table.
|
Language |
Office SharePoint Server, MOSS for Search, Office Forms Server, Project Server, and WSS |
|
Arabic |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Bulgarian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Catalan |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Chinese (Hong Kong) |
|
|
|
Chinese (Simplified) |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Chinese (Traditional) |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Croatian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Czech |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Danish |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Dutch |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
English |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Estonian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Finnish |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
French |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
German |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Greek |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Hebrew |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Hindi* |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Hungarian |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Italian |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Japanese |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Korean |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Latvian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Lithuanian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Norwegian (Bokmål) |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Polish |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Portuguese (Brazil) |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Portuguese (Portugal) |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Romanian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Russian |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Serbian (Latin) |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Slovak |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Slovenian |
|
Lang Pack |
|
Spanish |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Swedish |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Thai* |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Turkish |
SKU |
Lang Pack |
|
Ukrainian |
|
Lang Pack |
* Project Server strings will not be localized in the Office server products Language Pack.
Spellers
The following is the minimal set of spellers that are planned to ship with the various SKUs and Language Packs.
|
Language |
Fully Localized SKUs |
Language Packs |
|
All Languages (SMLP) |
|
All Languages |
|
Arabic |
Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German |
Arabic |
|
Bulgarian |
|
Bulgarian |
|
Catalan |
|
Catalan |
|
Chinese (Simplified) |
English, French, Spanish, German |
n/a |
|
Chinese (Traditional) |
English, French, Spanish, German |
n/a |
|
Croatian |
|
Croatian |
|
Czech |
Czech, Slovak, English, French, Spanish, German |
Czech |
|
Danish |
Danish, English, French, Spanish, German |
Danish |
|
Dutch |
Dutch, English, French, Spanish, German |
Dutch |
|
English |
English, French, Spanish, German |
English |
|
Estonian |
|
Estonian |
|
Finnish |
Finnish, Swedish, English, French, Spanish, German |
Finnish |
|
French |
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Spanish, German |
French |
|
German |
Italian, English, French, Spanish, German |
German |
|
Greek |
Greek, English, French, Spanish, German |
Greek |
|
Hebrew |
Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, German |
Hebrew |
|
Hindi |
|
Hindi |
|
Hungarian |
Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German |
Hungarian |
|
Italian |
Italian, English, French, Spanish, German |
Italian |
|
Japanese |
English, French, Spanish, German |
n/a |
|
Korean |
Korean, English, French, Spanish, German |
Korean |
|
Latvian |
|
Latvian |
|
Lithuanian |
|
Lithuanian |
|
Norwegian (Bokmål) |
Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), English, French, Spanish, German |
Norwegian |
|
Polish |
Polish, English, French, Spanish, German |
Polish |
|
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Portuguese (Brazil), English, French, Spanish, German |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
|
Portuguese (Portugal) |
Portuguese (Portugal), English, French, Spanish, German |
Portuguese (Portugal) |
|
Romanian |
|
Romanian |
|
Russian |
Russian, Ukrainian, English, French, Spanish, German |
Russian |
|
Serbian (Latin) |
|
Serbian (Latin) |
|
Slovak |
|
Slovak |
|
Slovenian |
|
Slovenian |
|
Spanish |
Basque, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese (Brazil), English, French, Spanish, German |
Spanish |
|
Swedish |
Swedish, Finnish, English, French, Spanish, German |
Swedish |
|
Thai |
Thai, English, French, Spanish, German |
Thai |
|
Turkish |
Turkish, English, French, Spanish, German |
Turkish |
|
Ukrainian |
|
Ukrainian |
Related Articles
· Deploy Language Packs in Office SharePoint Server 2007
· Deploy multiple language versions of the 2007 Office system
· Language identifiers in the 2007 Office system
· Simplified design for multiple languages in the 2007 Office system
I hope this information will be helpful to you.
Gwyneth Marshall
