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Globalization requires you to translate many materials into foreign languages. Customers and legal requirements often require documentation to be provided in the local language. Most notably, for many types of machinery and consumer products, EU directives stipulate that a user manual must be provided in all official languages of the member states to which you export your product.

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Europe

Major languages:
EU: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Romanian, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Rest of Europe: Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Icelandic, Macedonian, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian

European Union (EU)
State Languages
Austria German
Belgium Dutch, French, German
Bulgaria Bulgarian
Czech Republic Czech
Cyprus Greek, Turkish
Denmark Danish
Estonia Estonian
Finland Finnish, Swedish
France French
Germany German
Greece Greek
Hungary Hungarian
Ireland English
Italy Italian
Latvia Latvian
Lithuania Lithuanian
Luxembourg French, German
Malta English
Netherlands Dutch
Poland Polish
Portugal Portuguese
Romania Romanian
Slovakia Slovak
Slovenia Slovenian
Spain Spanish
Sweden Swedish
United Kingdom English
Non-EU Member States
State Languages
Albania Albanian
Andorra French, Spanish
Belarus Russian
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Croatia Croatian
Iceland Icelandic
Liechtenstein German
Macedonia Macedonian, Serbian
Moldova Romanian, Russian
Norway Norwegian
Russia Russian
Serbia and Montenegro Serbian
Switzerland German, French, Italian
Ukraine Ukrainian, Russian

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Africa

Major languages:
English, French, Arabic, Afrikaans

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
(Congo-Kinshasa, formerly Zaire)
Congo, Republic of the
(Congo-Brazzaville)
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho

Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Asia & Oceania

Major languages:
Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

Afghanistan
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China, People's Republic of
Fiji
Georgia
Hong Kong (Special Administrative
Region of China)
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's
Republic of (North Korea)
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives

Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Nepal
New Zealand
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine (Palestinian Authority)
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Qatar
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Tonga
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen

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Americas

Major languages:
English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala

Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela

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