GridView - switch language

[Stefan]

We want to switch the gridview to german. 

This article suggests we have to provide our own translations: Localization - UI for WinForms Documentation - Telerik UI for WinForms

We actually would prefer not to do that...

Are there any default translations we can use? If so, how would we integrate them?

If not; where exactly does the provider class reside in our application, and where do we need to set the CurrentProvider?

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

By default, if a control has built-in strings, they will be in English. In order to change the strings, you will need to use localization providers. Each control has its own localization provider. In your case, the RadGridView control is used. You need to use its RadGridLocalizationProvider class as demonstrated in this RadGridView Localization help article. 

In addition, you can check our GitHub repository, in which we have gathered localization providers in different languages provided by our customers. Please note that some of the custom classes could be incomplete, or the strings could be wrong, as they are not supported by Telerik. If you consider using one of these files, I would suggest to go through each of the strings and ensure that words are correctly translated.

Regards,
Dinko | Tech Support Engineer
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