> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** User-interface language is often selected in conjunction with model and number format localization. To learn more about those topics, visit the [Localizing your LookML model](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/model-localization) and [Localizing number formatting](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/localizing-number-formatting) documentation pages.


Looker admins can set Looker to display certain user interface (UI) text in the following languages:

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| Language | Locale Code and Strings Filename |
|---|---|
| English | `en` |
| Czech | `cs_CZ` |
| German | `de_DE` |
| Spanish (Spain) | `es_ES` |
| Finnish | `fi_FI` |
| French (Canada) | `fr_CA` |
| French (France) | `fr_FR` |
| Hindi | `hi_IN` |
| Italian | `it_IT` |
| Japanese | `ja_JP` |
| Korean | `ko_KR` |
| Lithuanian | `lt_LT` |
| Norwegian (Bokmål) | `nb_NO` |
| Dutch | `nl_NL` |
| Polish | `pl_PL` |
| Brazilian Portuguese | `pt_BR` |
| Portuguese | `pt_PT` |
| Russian | `ru_RU` |
| Swedish | `sv_SE` |
| Thai | `th_TH` |
| Turkish | `tr_TR` |
| Ukrainian | `uk_UA` |
| Simplified Chinese | `zh_CN` |
| Traditional Chinese | `zh_TW` |

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To display the Looker UI in specific languages for particular users, set the locale for users, user groups, or instances through one of the following methods:

- **To set a locale for individual users:** Use one of the codes from the supported user-interface languages table in the [**Locale** field](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-users-users#locale) on the **Edit User** page in the **Admin** panel.
- **To set a locale for a user group:** Assign one of the codes from the supported user-interface languages table to the `locale` user attribute for [a particular user group](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-users-user-attributes#assigning_values_to_user_groups). If users within a group have set a custom value using the **Locale** setting, the custom value will override any value assigned to the group. To prevent that from happening, ensure that the **User Access** setting for the `locale` user attribute is not set to **Edit**.
- **To set a locale for an instance:** Assign one of the codes from the supported user-interface languages table to the **Locale** field on the [**Localization** page](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-general-localization) of the **Admin** panel.

For users with no **Locale** set, Looker uses the locale chosen on the **Localization** page of the **Admin** panel as the default locale; and, if no locale is set there, Looker defaults to `en`.