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title: Translation of Service Catalog items
description: You can translate Service Catalog items into multiple languages using the ServiceNow Localization Framework.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/translate-catalog-items.html
release: australia
product: Service Catalog
classification: service-catalog
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Service Catalog items, Explore, Service Catalog, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Translation of Service Catalog items

You can translate Service Catalog items into multiple languages using the ServiceNow® Localization Framework.

Localization Framework standardizes and enhances the translation process of artifacts such as Service Catalog items through configurable workflows. For more information, see the [Localization Framework](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/localization-framework-landing.md) topic. You can translate Service Catalog items by activating the Localization Framework Installer plugin \(com.glide.localization\_framework.installer\). For information about the plugin activation, see the [Activation of Localization Framework](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/activation-localization-framework.md) topic.

You can request translation for a single or multiple items from a catalog item list. For more information, see [Request translations for Service Catalog items](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/request-translations-multiple-items.md)

**Note:**

-   When you translate a catalog item from a form or list, the corresponding variables, variable sets, catalog client scripts and catalog UI polices associated with the catalog item also get translated.
-   You can create catalog items only in the primary language. If you change the language and edit a catalog item using catalog builder, the corresponding content of the catalog item does not get translated.

You can monitor the overall localization health of the Service Catalog items from the [Localization Insights dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/localization-insights-dashboard.md). The dashboard provides the localization health of the system with reports that are generated from the localization insights records as per the scheduled jobs.

Watch this six-minute video to learn more about the process of localizing catalog items.

**Parent Topic:**[Service Catalog items](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/service-catalog/c_IntroductionToCatalogItems.md)