# The problem with a custom translation file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-problem-with-a-custom-translation-file/230370>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-problem-with-a-custom-translation-file/230370 "2020-04-29T12:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mikhail\_Shustov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikhail_shustov/32/49186_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Shustov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail_Shustov)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-problem-with-a-custom-translation-file/230370/9 "2020-04-30T12:27:45Z")

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Ok. It looks like the problem that Kibana doesn't declare `ru-RU` locale [here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/v7.6.2/packages/kbn-i18n/src/core/locales.js) as suggested in [Локализация Кибаны](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/topic/228160/5)  
You can use any other known locale `de-DE`, for example, but it is going to include language rules (such as a plural form, ie) of this language. You could send a PR extending language set in Kibana with the Russian language. Or extend the set and [build Kibana locally](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/7b57caf62beb33d06959ac6368a956a9e5f492aa/CONTRIBUTING.md#testing-and-building).

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