Localization

This is the list of locale codes/indizes used when reading string in dbc or in *_locale Trinity table.  

DBCs

When reading a dbc, all string fields diplayed at client screen are localized if you use a non US/GB version of the client. To get the localized strings, you need to read one of the fields next to the english one. Use this table to know which column to the right of the English one you have to read to see localized data. The strings block is always followed by a bitmask/flags field of unknown purpose.

Note: From client version 4.x onwards only a single column is used that contains the string in the clients locale.

 

Trinity Database

When reading a *_locale table from database, the localized string can be fetched by matching the locale string to the locale column.

Note: The core/database support only 9 languages while dbc can support 16 languages.

 

Localization offsets

DBC col. offset	TC locale	alt. locale	comment
0	enUS	enGB	English (US / EU)
1	koKR		Korean
2	frFR		French
3	deDE		German
4	zhCN	enCN	Simplified Chinese (English speech)
5	zhTW	enTW	Traditional Chinese (English speech)
6	esES		Spanish (EU)
7	esMX		Spanish (Latin America)
8	ruRU		Russian
9	jaJP		❌ Japanese^(unsure)^
10	ptPT	ptBR	❌ Portugese (EU / Latin America)
11	itIT		❌ Italian
12			Unknown
13			Unknown
14			Unknown
15			Unknown
16	-	-	lang ref flags