The Cucumber Book, 2nd Edition

Spoken Languages

Remember earlier we said that you can write your Gherkin features in the spoken language of your stakeholders? Here’s how.

Putting a # language: comment on the first line of a feature file tells Cucumber which spoken language that feature is written in. If you omit this header, Cucumber will default to English, as you’ve already seen.

Here’s an example of a feature written in Norwegian:

# language: no
Egenskap: Summering
  For å unngå at firmaet går konkurs
  Må regnskapsførere bruke en regnemaskin for å legge sammen tall

  Scenario: to tall
    Gitt at jeg har tastet inn 5
    Og at jeg har tastet inn 7
    Når jeg summerer
    Så skal resultatet være 12

If you’re wondering whether Cucumber knows how to speak your language, ...