Localized Names for Administrator Account in Windows
Administrator account and Localized Versions of Windows
In some languages, the name of the Administrator account is localized. Attempting to reference the "Administrator" account may therefore fail. The following KB article outlines how to programatically refer to the various accounts, irrespective of the system's language: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157234
List of Languages That Localize the "Administrator" Account Name
The following 8 languages have a localized name for the Administrator account.
Language |
Translation |
Finnish |
Järjestelmänvalvoja |
French |
Administrateur |
Hungarian |
Rendszergazda |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Administrador |
Portuguese (Portugal) |
Administrador |
Russian |
Администратор |
Spanish |
Administrador |
Swedish |
Administratör |
List of Localized Display Name For the Administrator Account
All other languages (99) have not localized the account name but may still provide a localized display name.
Language |
Translation |
Afrikaans |
Administrateur |
Albanian |
Administratori |
Amharic |
አስተዳዳሪ |
Arabic |
Administrator |
Armenian |
Վարիչ |
Assamese |
ব্যৱস্থাপক |
Azerbaijani (Latin) |
İnzibatçı |
Basque |
Administratzailea |
Belarusian |
Адміністратар |
Bengali (Bangladesh) |
প্রশাসক |
Bengali (India) |
প্রশাসক |
Bosnian (Latin) |
Administrator |
Bulgarian |
Administrator |
Catalan |
Administrator |
Central Kurdish |
سەرپەرشت |
Cherokee |
ᎤᎦᏎᏍᏗᏕᎩ |
Chinese - Simplified |
管理员 |
Chinese - Traditional |
系統管理員 |
Croatian |
Administrator |
Czech |
Administrator |
Danish |
Administrator |
Dari (Afghanistan) |
سرپرست |
Dutch |
Administrator |
English (United Kingdom) |
Administrator |
Estonian |
Administraator |
Filipino |
Tagapangasiwa |
Galician |
Administrador |
Georgian |
ადმინისტრატორი |
German |
Administrator |
Greek |
Administrator |
Gujarati |
વ્યવસ્થાપક |
Hausa |
Jami'i |
Hebrew |
Administrator |
Hindi |
प्रशासक |
Icelandic |
Stjórnandi |
Igbo |
Onye nchịkwa |
Indonesian |
Administrator |
Inuktitut |
Qarasaujaliriji |
Irish |
Riarthóir |
isiXhosa |
Umlawuli |
isiZulu |
Umphathi |
Italian |
Administrator |
Japanese |
Administrator |
K’iche’ |
Kemchajinel |
Kannada |
ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕ |
Kazakh |
Әкімші |
Khmer |
អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រង |
Kinyarwanda |
Umuyobozi |
Kiswahili |
Msimamizi |
Konkani |
प्रशासक |
Korean |
Administrator |
Kyrgyz |
Администратор |
Latvian |
Administrator |
Lithuanian |
Administratorius |
Luxembourgish |
Administrateur |
Macedonia (FYROM) |
Администратор |
Malay (Malaysia) |
Pentadbir |
Malayalam |
അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേറ്റർ |
Maltese |
Amministratur |
Maori |
Kaiwhakahaere |
Marathi |
प्रशासक |
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Mongolia) |
Администратор |
Nepali |
प्रशासक |
Norwegian (Bokmål) |
Administrator |
Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
Administrator |
Oriya |
ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥାପକ |
Persian |
سرپرست سیستم |
Polish |
Administrator |
Punjabi |
ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ |
Punjabi (Arabic) |
منتظم |
Quechua |
Kamachiq |
Romanian |
Administrator |
Scottish Gaelic |
Rianaire |
Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Администратор |
Serbian (Cyrillic) - Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Администратор |
Serbian (Latin) |
Administrator |
Sesotho sa Leboa |
Molaodi |
Setswana |
Molaolakhomphiutha |
Sindhi (Arabic) |
منتظم |
Sinhala |
පරිපාලක |
Slovak |
Administrator |
Slovenian |
Skrbnik |
Tajik (Cyrilic) |
Маъмур |
Tamil |
நிர்வாகி |
Tatar |
Администратор |
Telugu |
నిర్వాహకులు |
Thai |
ผู้ดูแลระบบ |
Tigrigna |
ኣማሓዳሪ |
Turkish |
Administrator |
Turkmen (Turkmenistan) |
Iş dolandyryjy |
Ukrainian |
Адміністратор |
Urdu |
منتظم |
Uyghur |
باشقۇرغۇچى |
Uzbek (Latin) |
Ma’mur |
Valencian |
Administrador |
Vietnamese |
Người quản trị |
Welsh |
Gweinyddwr |
Wolof |
Yorkat |
Yoruba |
Alábòójútó |
Credit: list supplied by Olivier G from the Windows International team