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alias: user-guide-localized-messages
description: "Manage and translate application messages across multiple languages for internationalized user experiences"
---

# Localized Messages

:lock: Administration.**LocalizedMessages**

**Localized Messages** are used to translate object properties and other messages across different languages. By default all messages are displayed, grouped by name.

The **Localized Messages** page is available in the Administration page group.

![Localized Messages list view showing all messages grouped by name](./images/localized_messages_list.png)

The Messages tab shows a list of all **Localized Messages** in the system, while in a separate Languages tab you can see the progress of the translations of each language currently available in the system.

![Localized Messages Languages tab showing translation progress by language](./images/localized_messages_languages.png)

On the right-side panel, you can see details of any selected **Localized Message**, as well as a summary of all the current translated messages in the system.

![Localized Messages right-side panel showing details and translated message summary](./images/localized_messages_info.png)

Opening a Localized Message will display the details as well as the translations for all the cultures available in the system.

=== "Details"

    ![Localized Message page Details view showing message properties and metadata](./images/localized_messages_page_view.png)

=== "Translations"

    ![Localized Message page Translations view showing translations for all available languages](./images/localized_messages_page_view_translations.png)

## Creating a Localized Message

:lock: LocalizedMessages.**Create**

To create a **Localized Message** in the application, follow these steps:

### Step 1: General Data

1. Provide the name for the **Localized Message**.
2. Optionally provide a description.
3. Select the Type of the Localized Message. Options are:

    * E Mail Body
    * E Mail Subject
    * Entity Type (for example, **Material**, **Resource**, etc.)
    * Enum (short for enumeration, a representation of a list of values)
    * Message
    * None
4. Select **Next** to edit the message value.

![Create Localized Message wizard Step 1 form with name, description, and Type fields](./images/create_localized_message_step_one.png)

### Step 2: Messages

1. For each displayed culture, input the translated text.
2. Select **Create** to save the new **Localized Message**.

![Create Localized Message wizard Step 2 showing message translation fields for each culture](./images/create_localized_message_step_two.png)

## Editing a Localized Message

:lock: LocalizedMessages.**Edit**

To edit a **Localized Message**:

1. Open the **Localized Message** page.
2. Open the wizard by selecting **Edit** on the top ribbon.
3. Make the necessary changes.
4. Select **Edit** to commit the data to the database.

![Edit Localized Message dialog with form to modify message properties and translations](./images/edit_localized_message.png)

## Deleting a Localized Message

:lock: LocalizedMessages.**Delete**

To delete a **Localized Message**:

1. Open the **Localized Message** page.
2. Select the **Delete** button in the top ribbon.
3. Confirm the details and select **Delete**.

![Delete Localized Message confirmation dialog requesting confirmation to permanently delete](./images/delete_localized_message.png)

!!! Info
    System Messages cannot be edited or deleted.