Languages and locales

The interface text of Collibra is available in the following languages, with English being the default:

You can also choose a specific locale of the supported languages, which determines the format of dates, times and numbers. Collibra offers the following locales:

Related settings

Allow User Overrides

If Allow User Overrides is disabled, all users have the same language and locale, and they cannot change it themselves. If you enable this setting, each user can change their language in the profile settings.

International Date Format

If International Date Format is disabled, dates are shown in the format of the selected language and locale. If you enable this setting, all dates are shown in the ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) format, regardless of the language and locale.

Customizations

In the Customizations section of the Collibra settings, you can edit the strings that are used in email templates and workflow forms. You can do this for each of the main languages. The format of any dates, times and numbers in custom strings is not affected by the selected locale. For more information, go to Custom strings.

Limitations

Collibra does not support other languages for the interface text and your instance data. There are known issues with sorting and filtering non-Latin characters, affecting the accuracy of search results. Most of the Collibra interface text is translated, including buttons, messages, tooltips, and dialog boxes. There are, however, a few exceptions: