diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 211a91ce8..33fbd62dd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "@vscode/l10n": "^0.0.18",
         "ajv": "^8.17.1",
         "ajv-draft-04": "^1.0.0",
+        "ajv-i18n": "^4.2.0",
         "request-light": "^0.5.7",
         "vscode-json-languageservice": "4.1.8",
         "vscode-languageserver": "^9.0.0",
@@ -1206,6 +1207,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/ajv-i18n": {
+      "version": "4.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-i18n/-/ajv-i18n-4.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v/ei2UkCEeuKNXh8RToiFsUclmU+G57LO1Oo22OagNMENIw+Yb8eMwvHu7Vn9fmkjJyv6XclhJ8TbuigSglPkg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "ajv": "^8.0.0-beta.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ansi-regex": {
       "version": "5.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8074c2062..a8e9b3005 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "@vscode/l10n": "^0.0.18",
     "ajv": "^8.17.1",
     "ajv-draft-04": "^1.0.0",
+    "ajv-i18n": "^4.2.0",
     "request-light": "^0.5.7",
     "vscode-json-languageservice": "4.1.8",
     "vscode-languageserver": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/src/languageservice/services/yamlSchemaService.ts b/src/languageservice/services/yamlSchemaService.ts
index e15f8288f..5395c2909 100644
--- a/src/languageservice/services/yamlSchemaService.ts
+++ b/src/languageservice/services/yamlSchemaService.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ import { SingleYAMLDocument } from '../parser/yamlParser07';
 import { SchemaVersions } from '../yamlTypes';
 import { getSchemaFromModeline } from './modelineUtil';
 
-import Ajv, { DefinedError, type AnySchemaObject, type ValidateFunction } from 'ajv';
+import Ajv, { DefinedError, type AnySchemaObject, type ErrorObject, type ValidateFunction } from 'ajv';
 import Ajv4 from 'ajv-draft-04';
 import Ajv2019 from 'ajv/dist/2019';
 import Ajv2020 from 'ajv/dist/2020';
+import type { Localize } from 'ajv-i18n/localize/types';
 import * as Json from 'jsonc-parser';
 import { parse } from 'yaml';
 import { CRD_CATALOG_URL, KUBERNETES_SCHEMA_URL } from '../utils/schemaUrls';
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ const jsonSchema07 = require('ajv/dist/refs/json-schema-draft-07.json');
 const jsonSchema2019 = require('ajv/dist/refs/json-schema-2019-09/schema.json');
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const jsonSchema2020 = require('ajv/dist/refs/json-schema-2020-12/schema.json');
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+const ajvLocalizers: Record<string, Localize> = require('ajv-i18n');
 
 const schema04Validator = ajv4.compile(jsonSchema04);
 const schema07Validator = ajv7.compile(jsonSchema07);
@@ -56,6 +59,11 @@ const schema2020Validator = ajv2020.compile(jsonSchema2020);
 const schemaDialectCache = new Map<string, SchemaDialect>();
 const schemaDialectInFlight = new Map<string, Promise<SchemaDialect>>();
 
+const AJV_LOCALE_ALIASES = new Map<string, string>([
+  ['zh-cn', 'zh'],
+  ['zh-tw', 'zh-TW'],
+]);
+
 // metadata/keywords that don't add constraints and thus don't count as $ref siblings
 const REF_SIBLING_NONCONSTRAINT_KEYS = new Set([
   '$ref',
@@ -264,6 +272,7 @@ export class YAMLSchemaService extends JSONSchemaService {
      * ----------------------------
      */
     const _loadSchema = this.loadSchema.bind(this);
+    const ajvErrorLocale = this.yamlSettings?.locale;
     async function _metaValidateSchemaNode(node: JSONSchema, hasNestedSchema: boolean): Promise<void> {
       if (!node || typeof node !== 'object') return;
       const dialect = await pickSchemaDialect(node.$schema, _loadSchema);
@@ -283,6 +292,7 @@ export class YAMLSchemaService extends JSONSchemaService {
       }
 
       if (!validator(toValidate)) {
+        localizeAjvErrors(validator.errors, ajvErrorLocale);
         const errs: string[] = [];
         for (const err of validator.errors as DefinedError[]) {
           errs.push(`${err.instancePath} : ${err.message}`);
@@ -1433,6 +1443,20 @@ function knownDialectFromSchemaUri(schemaUri?: string): SchemaDialect {
   return undefined;
 }
 
+function getAjvLocalizer(locale?: string): Localize | undefined {
+  if (!locale) return undefined;
+
+  const lowerLocale = locale.trim().toLowerCase();
+  const aliasedLocale = AJV_LOCALE_ALIASES.get(lowerLocale);
+
+  return ajvLocalizers[locale] || ajvLocalizers[lowerLocale] || (aliasedLocale ? ajvLocalizers[aliasedLocale] : undefined);
+}
+
+function localizeAjvErrors(errors: ErrorObject[] | null | undefined, locale?: string): void {
+  const localizer = getAjvLocalizer(locale) || ajvLocalizers.en;
+  localizer(errors);
+}
+
 async function pickSchemaDialect(
   $schema: string | undefined,
   loadSchema?: (uri: string) => Promise<UnresolvedSchema>
diff --git a/src/yamlServerInit.ts b/src/yamlServerInit.ts
index a2c4d4548..876c582be 100644
--- a/src/yamlServerInit.ts
+++ b/src/yamlServerInit.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export class YAMLServerInit {
 
   // public for test setup
   async connectionInitialized(params: InitializeParams): Promise<InitializeResult> {
+    this.yamlSettings.locale = params.locale || 'en';
     this.yamlSettings.capabilities = params.capabilities;
     this.languageService = getCustomLanguageService({
       schemaRequestService: this.schemaRequestService,
diff --git a/src/yamlSettings.ts b/src/yamlSettings.ts
index fe524db01..b46075958 100644
--- a/src/yamlSettings.ts
+++ b/src/yamlSettings.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export class SettingsState {
   useSchemaSelectionRequests = false;
   hasWsChangeWatchedFileDynamicRegistration = false;
   fileExtensions: string[] = ['.yml', '.yaml'];
+  locale = 'en';
 }
 
 export class TextDocumentTestManager extends TextDocuments<TextDocument> {