Language packs

Download and install additional languages to view menus, dialog boxes, and other user interface items in your preferred language. In Windows 7, you can download languages in two ways: Using Windows Update. If you're running an Ultimate or Enterprise edition of Windows, you can download available language packs by using Windows Update. Language packs installed using Windows Update provide a fully translated version of Windows dialog boxes, menu items, and help content. All the languages available for this type of download have a "Learn how" link in the right column of the table below. Using the links on this page. You can download Language Interface Packs (LIPs) from the Microsoft Download Center by using the links below. You can install LIPs over any edition of Windows, but they provide a translated version of only the most widely used dialog boxes, menu items, and help content. To install a LIP, you will need to have the required parent language installed on your PC. The table below shows if the language you're looking for requires a premium edition of Windows or a particular parent language.

Language		Native name		Base language and edition required
Afrikaans		Afrikaans		English (any edition)		Get it now
Albanian		shqipe		English (any edition)		Get it now
Amharic		አማርኛ		English (any edition)		Get it now
Armenian		Հայերեն		English (any edition)		Get it now
Arabic		العربية		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Assamese		অসমীয়া		English (any edition)		Get it now
Azeri (Latin)		Azərbaycan		English or Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Bangla (Bangladesh)		বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ)		English (any edition)		Get it now
Basque		euskara		French or Spanish (any edition)		Get it now
Bengali (India)		বাংলা (ভারত)		English (any edition)		Get it now
Bosnian (Cyrillic)		босански		English, Croatian, or Serbian-Latin (any edition)		Get it now
Bosnian (Latin)		bosanski		English, Croatian, or Serbian-Latin (any edition)		Get it now
Bulgarian		Български		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Catalan		català		French or Spanish (any edition)		Get it now
Chinese (Simplified)		中文(简体)		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Chinese (Traditional)		中文 (繁體)		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Croatian		hrvatski		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Czech		čeština		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Danish		dansk		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Dari		درى		English (any edition)		Get it now
Dutch		Nederlands		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
English		English		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Estonian		eesti		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Finnish		suomi		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Filipino		Filipino		English (any edition)		Get it now
French		français		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Galician		galego		Spanish (any edition)		Get it now
Georgian		ქართული		English (any edition)		Get it now
German		Deutsch		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Greek		Ελληνικά		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Gujarati		ગુજરાતી		English (any edition)		Get it now
Hausa (Latin)		Hausa		English (any edition)		Get it now
Hebrew		עברית		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Hindi		हिंदी		English (any edition)		Get it now
Hungarian		magyar		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Icelandic		íslenska		English (any edition)		Get it now
Igbo		Ndi Igbo		English (any edition)		Get it now
Indonesian		Bahasa Indonesia		English (any edition)		Get it now
Inuktitut (Latin)		Inuktitut		English (any edition)		Get it now
Irish		Gaeilge		English (any edition)		Get it now
isiXhosa		isiXhosa		English (any edition)		Get it now
isiZulu		isiZulu		English (any edition)		Get it now
Italian		italiano		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Japanese		日本語‫		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Kannada		ಕನ್ನಡ		English (any edition)		Get it now
Kazakh		Қазақ		English or Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Khmer		ខ្មែរ		English (any edition)		Get it now
KiSwahili		Kiswahili		English (any edition)		Get it now
Konkani		कोंकणी		English (any edition)		Get it now
Korean		한국어‫		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Kyrgyz		Кыргыз		Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Latvian		latviešu		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Lithuanian		lietuvių		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Luxembourgish		Lëtzebuergesch		French or English (any edition)		Get it now
Macedonian		македонски јазик		English (any edition)		Get it now
Malay (Brunei Darussalam)		Bahasa Melayu		English (any edition)		Get it now
Malay (Malaysia)		Bahasa Melayu		English (any edition)		Get it now
Malayalam		മലയാളം		English (any edition)		Get it now
Maltese		Malti		English (any edition)		Get it now
Maori		Te Reo Māori		English (any edition)		Get it now
Marathi		मराठी		English (any edition)		Get it now
Mongolian (Cyrillic)		Монгол хэл		English or Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Nepali		नेपाली		English (any edition)		Get it now
Norwegian (Bokmål)		norsk (bokmål)		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Norwegian (Nynorsk)		norsk (nynorsk)		Norwegian (Bokmal) (any edition)		Get it now
Oriya		ଓଡିଆ		English (any edition)		Get it now
Persian		فارسی		English (any edition)		Get it now
Polish		Polski		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Portuguese (Brazil)		Português		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Portuguese (Portugal)		português		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Punjabi		ਪੰਜਾਬੀ		English (any edition)		Get it now
Quechua		runasimi		Spanish (any edition)		Get it now
Romanian		română		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Russian		Русский		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Serbian (Cyrillic)		српски		English or Serbian (Latin) (any edition)		Get it now
Serbian (Latin)		srpski		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Sesotho sa Leboa		Sesotho sa Leboa		English (any edition)		Get it now
Setswana (South Africa)		Setswana		English (any edition)		Get it now
Sinhala		සිංහල		English (any edition)		Get it now
Slovak		slovenčina		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Slovenian		slovenski		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Spanish		Español		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Swedish		svenska		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Tamil		தமிழ்		English (any edition)		Get it now
Tatar		Татар		Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Telugu		తెలుగు		English (any edition)		Get it now
Thai		ไทย		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Turkish		Türkçe		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Turkmen		Türkmençe		English or Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Ukrainian		українська		Any language (Ultimate or Enterprise)		Learn how
Urdu		اردو		English (any edition)		Get it now
Uzbek (Latin)		O'zbekcha		English or Russian (any edition)		Get it now
Vietnamese		Tiếng Việt		English (any edition)		Get it now
Welsh		Cymraeg		English (any edition)		Get it now
Yoruba		ede Yorùbá		English (any edition)		Get it now