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From: lebaudantoine <lebaud.antoine131@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:15:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=9C=A8(summary)=20add=20dutch=20and=20german?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20languages?=
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Based on a request from our European partners, introduce new languages for the
transcription feature. Dutch and German are now supported, which is a great
addition.

It closes #837.

WhisperX is expected to support both languages.
---
 CHANGELOG.md                                              | 4 ++++
 .../features/settings/hook/useTranscriptionLanguage.ts    | 8 ++++++++
 src/frontend/src/locales/de/settings.json                 | 2 ++
 src/frontend/src/locales/en/settings.json                 | 2 ++
 src/frontend/src/locales/fr/settings.json                 | 2 ++
 src/frontend/src/locales/nl/settings.json                 | 2 ++
 src/frontend/src/stores/recording.ts                      | 2 ++
 src/summary/summary/core/config.py                        | 2 +-
 8 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48ff4453..49603a03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- ✨(summary) add dutch and german languages
+
 ### Changed
 
 - 📈(frontend) track new recording's modes
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/settings/hook/useTranscriptionLanguage.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/settings/hook/useTranscriptionLanguage.ts
index 36e11470..ad728cb5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/settings/hook/useTranscriptionLanguage.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/settings/hook/useTranscriptionLanguage.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ export const useTranscriptionLanguage = () => {
         key: RecordingLanguage.ENGLISH,
         label: t('language.options.english'),
       },
+      {
+        key: RecordingLanguage.GERMAN,
+        label: t('language.options.german'),
+      },
+      {
+        key: RecordingLanguage.DUTCH,
+        label: t('language.options.dutch'),
+      },
       {
         key: RecordingLanguage.AUTOMATIC,
         label: t('language.options.auto'),
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/de/settings.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/de/settings.json
index c8a91204..124dcb9c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/de/settings.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/de/settings.json
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
       "options": {
         "french": "Französisch (fr)",
         "english": "Englisch (en)",
+        "dutch": "Niederländisch (nl)",
+        "german": "Deutsch (de)",
         "auto": "Automatisch"
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/en/settings.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/en/settings.json
index 3deecec1..c00f69e8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/en/settings.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/en/settings.json
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
       "options": {
         "french": "French (fr)",
         "english": "English (en)",
+        "dutch": "Dutch (nl)",
+        "german": "German (de)",
         "auto": "Automatic"
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/settings.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/settings.json
index 53df0074..49e9c16b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/settings.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/fr/settings.json
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
       "options": {
         "french": "Français (fr)",
         "english": "Anglais (en)",
+        "dutch": "Hollandais (nl)",
+        "german": "Allemand (de)",
         "auto": "Automatique"
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/locales/nl/settings.json b/src/frontend/src/locales/nl/settings.json
index 340560c1..31edf1c5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/locales/nl/settings.json
+++ b/src/frontend/src/locales/nl/settings.json
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
       "options": {
         "french": "Frans (fr)",
         "english": "Engels (en)",
+        "dutch": "Nederlands (nl)",
+        "german": "Duits (de)",
         "auto": "Automatisch"
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/stores/recording.ts b/src/frontend/src/stores/recording.ts
index b5d1998c..84eac94e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/stores/recording.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/stores/recording.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { proxy } from 'valtio'
 export enum RecordingLanguage {
   ENGLISH = 'en',
   FRENCH = 'fr',
+  DUTCH = 'nl',
+  GERMAN = 'de',
   AUTOMATIC = 'auto',
 }
 
diff --git a/src/summary/summary/core/config.py b/src/summary/summary/core/config.py
index f23b6679..e826d90d 100644
--- a/src/summary/summary/core/config.py
+++ b/src/summary/summary/core/config.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     whisperx_max_retries: int = 0
     # ISO 639-1 language code (e.g., "en", "fr", "es")
     whisperx_default_language: Optional[str] = None
-    whisperx_allowed_languages: Set[str] = {"en", "fr"}
+    whisperx_allowed_languages: Set[str] = {"en", "fr", "de", "nl"}
     llm_base_url: str
     llm_api_key: SecretStr
     llm_model: str