Feature request: Add Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) localization for the desktop UI

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 17, 2026 by justinrow-art

Summary

Please consider adding internationalization (i18n) support for the Claude Code desktop interface, starting with Traditional Chinese (zh-TW).

Motivation

Claude Code is a powerful tool, but its UI is currently English-only. A localized interface would significantly lower the barrier to entry for Traditional Chinese-speaking developers, students, and teams, and make the tool more accessible to non-native English speakers.

Proposed scope

  • A language setting to switch the UI language (e.g. via /config or a settings option).
  • Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) as the first non-English locale.
  • An i18n string-extraction framework so additional languages can be contributed by the community over time.

Notes / considerations

I understand localization is a real engineering effort, not just string replacement — it touches terminal font/wide-character alignment, line wrapping, an ongoing translation-maintenance workflow, etc. Even partial localization of the most common UI strings and messages would be a meaningful first step.

Additional context

Happy to help contribute translations for zh-TW if community contributions are welcomed.

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