diff --git a/web/src/lib/constants.ts b/web/src/lib/constants.ts
index b86e057ffd10b..f098d398f2dba 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ export const langs = [
   { name: 'Development (keys only)', code: 'dev', loader: () => Promise.resolve({}) },
 ];
 
+// browser is zh-CN, but weblate use zh-Hans
+export const langAliasesMap: { [key: string]: string } = {
+  'zh-CN' : 'zh-Hans',
+  'zh-TW' : 'zh-Hant'
+};
+
 export enum ImmichProduct {
   Client = 'immich-client',
   Server = 'immich-server',
diff --git a/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts b/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts
index 13d926e6473f3..ffe64cc7cae1f 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('i18n', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getClosestAvailableLocale', () => {
-    const allLocales = ['ar', 'bg', 'en', 'en-US', 'en-DE', 'zh-Hans', 'zh-Hans-HK'];
+    const allLocales = ['ar', 'bg', 'en', 'en-US', 'en-DE', 'zh-Hans', 'zh-Hans-HK', 'zh-HK', 'zh-Hant'];
 
     it('returns undefined on mismatch', () => {
       expect(getClosestAvailableLocale([], allLocales)).toBeUndefined();
@@ -47,5 +47,11 @@ describe('i18n', () => {
       expect(getClosestAvailableLocale(['zh'], allLocales)).toBeUndefined();
       expect(getClosestAvailableLocale(['de', 'zh', 'en-US'], allLocales)).toBe('en-US');
     });
+
+    it('returns the locale for a alias match', () => {
+      expect(getClosestAvailableLocale(['zh-CN'], allLocales)).toBe('zh-Hans');
+      expect(getClosestAvailableLocale(['zh-TW'], allLocales)).toBe('zh-Hant');
+    });
+
   });
 });
diff --git a/web/src/lib/utils/i18n.ts b/web/src/lib/utils/i18n.ts
index 83fe11875cc07..a2ea431bae298 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/utils/i18n.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/utils/i18n.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { langs } from '$lib/constants';
+import { langAliasesMap, langs } from '$lib/constants';
 import { locale, t, waitLocale } from 'svelte-i18n';
 import { get, type Unsubscriber } from 'svelte/store';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function getSubLocales(refLocale: string) {
 
 export function getClosestAvailableLocale(locales: readonly string[], allLocales: readonly string[]) {
   const allLocalesSet = new Set(allLocales);
-  return locales.find((locale) => getSubLocales(locale).some((subLocale) => allLocalesSet.has(subLocale)));
+  const expandedLocales = locales.flatMap((locale) => [locale, langAliasesMap[locale] ?? null]).filter(Boolean);
+  return expandedLocales.find((locale) => getSubLocales(locale).some((subLocale) => allLocalesSet.has(subLocale)));
 }
 
 export const langCodes = langs.map((lang) => lang.code);