Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property enables a fallback mechanism for language translations, allowing users to receive UI strings in a specified fallback language instead of defaulting to English when their preferred language is not available. |
| What area does it affect? |
Language Translation Settings |
| What does the default mean? |
No default value is stated in the ServiceNow documentation. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when configuring language settings or troubleshooting translation issues. |
Property record
Facts stated in the ServiceNow documentation. No out of the box record has been read from an instance yet.
| Property name |
glide_i18n.language_fallback_enabled |
| Type |
Not stated |
| Application |
Not stated |
| Default value |
Not stated |
| Description |
Not stated |
Sources
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Snippet 1
... States and/or other countries. Other company names, product names, and logos may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 826 to work, you must enable the glide_i18n.language_fallback_enabled system property. By default, the value of the property is false. Set it to true to enable the fallback mechanism. For more information, see Set a fallback language . • ...
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Snippet 2
... translations of UI strings in Mexican Spanish only when the translation differs from the Spanish translation. Note: To turn off fallback languages and always fall back to English, add the glide_i18n.language_fallback_enabled property to the System Properties [sys_properties] table and set the value to false . © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, and other ServiceNow marks ...
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