Feature Request: Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) localization for CLI UI

Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 4 comments · opened Apr 19, 2026 · closed May 30, 2026

Summary

Please add Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) localization support for the Claude Code CLI interface, including dialogs such as /usage, /help, status messages, and all interactive TUI components.

Motivation

Many users in Taiwan actively use Claude Code, but all UI text is English-only. A localization system (either based on system locale or a configurable language setting) would significantly improve usability for non-English speakers.

Expected Behavior

  • CLI UI text (dialogs, labels, warnings, prompts) should render in the user's configured locale
  • Support at minimum: zh-TW (Traditional Chinese) and zh-CN (Simplified Chinese)
  • Fallback to English if locale is not supported

Current Behavior

All UI text is hardcoded in English with no way for users to customize or override it.

Suggested Implementation

  • Introduce a language or locale config option in settings.json
  • Load locale string bundles at runtime
  • Community contributions for translation files

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