The term localization usually refers to the process of translating the text in the UI to the "local" language of a target user audience that is different from the language of the primary version or first release.
The first release of World of Warcraft used the English language for a North American (US) user audience.
Country / Region | Language | Locale Code[1] | Official Website |
---|---|---|---|
Brazil | Portuguese | ptBR
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/pt-br/ |
(Mainland) China † | Chinese | zhCN
|
https://www.wowchina.com/zh-cn/ |
(Mainland) China † | English | enCN
|
|
France | French | frFR
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/fr-fr/ |
Germany | German | deDE
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/de-de/ |
Italy | Italian | itIT
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/it-it/ |
Mexico | Spanish | esMX
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/es-mx/ |
Portugal | Portuguese | ptPT
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/pt-pt/ |
Republic of Korea | Korean | koKR
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/ko-kr/ |
Russia | Russian | ruRU
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/ru-ru/ |
Spain | Spanish | esES
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/es-es/ |
Taiwan | Chinese | zhTW
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/zh-tw/ |
Taiwan | English | enTW
|
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | English | enGB
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/ |
United States of America | English | enUS
|
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ |
† Servers were shutdown on 24 January 2023 due to the licensing agreements with NetEase expiring and not coming to an agreement on a renewal.[2][3]
See also[]
- Localization info for World of Warcraft.
- Localization patch
References[]
- ^ VideoOptionsPanels.lua source code, official Blizzard Lua code including locale codes.
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase Suspending Game Services in China. Activision Blizzard (2022-11-16).
- ^ Cameron Koch 2023-01-24. Chinese WoW Servers Shut Down After 14 Years Following Expiration Of NetEase Agreement. GameSpot.