how to add undefined language versions for an item in sitecore

Question

I have a Sitecore user who is not an administrator. I want to add any language version of an item from more languages button available in the top right corner of an item even though that language is not available under sitecore/system/languages. When I was trying to do that I was getting an error like below

The security settings for the current language prevent you from seeing this item.

To continue, select another language from the Language drop-down list on the Versions tab.

The error will not be coming when this is done as a administrator.

Can anyone tell me what are the rights that needs to be given to the sitecore user so that he can also add any language versions for an item just like an administrator?

Answer 1

Before I answer your question, let me give you a quick free advice: Don't do this. Adding language versions in languages which don't exist in the system will cause more problems later.

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The only option you can do this is to make your user an administrator (User Manager, select user, Is Administrator checkbox).

The reason why there is no other option is that Language Read and Language Write rights are set on /sitecore/system/Languages node and inherited by all the languages defined in system. If your user is not administrator, Sitecore cannot find language node to check the security and returns Access Deny.

For Sitecore Administrator, that security is ignored.

There is no Sitecore role which can be assigned to your user to bypass this security check.