Quick question: For a self-hosted installation and...
# support-questions-legacyd
dominik_21160
09/29/2023, 7:48 AMQuick question: For a self-hosted installation and custom-built Vue UI components, where do I change the language of the form validation messages (e.g. email already exists, please fill out field...)?
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rp_st
09/29/2023, 8:11 AMhey @dominik_21160 those need to be changed on the frontend itself. So you can make your own mapping of these messages to your lang and display those instead.
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dominik_21160
09/29/2023, 8:27 AMI have added these under a new "de"-key to the translations section in Supertokens.init(), is that correct?
dominik_21160
09/29/2023, 8:27 AMI'm still getting english messages e.g. for the password validation
dominik_21160
09/29/2023, 8:27 AMprobably coming from the backend
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rp_st
09/29/2023, 8:27 AMare you using custom UI or pre built UI?
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dominik_21160
09/29/2023, 8:27 AMI'm using custom UI
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rp_st
09/29/2023, 8:27 AMright. So this only affects the pre built UI
rp_st
09/29/2023, 8:28 AMfor custom, you need to render it yourself. Don't use the message from the backend directly
rp_st
09/29/2023, 8:28 AMsince that's always in english
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dominik_21160
09/29/2023, 8:28 AMI see