diff --git a/__tests__/resumeImportDates.spec.ts b/__tests__/resumeImportDates.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0980bd1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/resumeImportDates.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// @vitest-environment node
+import { parseImportDate } from "@/actions/resumeImport/shared";
+
+const ym = (d: Date | null) => d && [d.getFullYear(), d.getMonth() + 1];
+
+describe("parseImportDate multilingual", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["Jan 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["janvier 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["Janvier 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["févr. 2021", [2021, 2]],
+    ["août 2019", [2019, 8]],
+    ["décembre 2018", [2018, 12]],
+    ["Januar 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["März 2020", [2020, 3]],
+    ["enero de 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["ene. 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["marzo 2022", [2022, 3]],
+    ["gennaio 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["janeiro de 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["январь 2020", [2020, 1]],
+    ["2020年3月", [2020, 3]],
+    ["2020-03", [2020, 3]],
+    ["03/2020", [2020, 3]],
+  ])("parses %s", (input, expected) => {
+    expect(ym(parseImportDate(input))).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it.each(["Present", "Présent", "actuel", "en cours", "Heute", "Actualidad", "現在", "по настоящее время", "-"])(
+    "treats %s as ongoing",
+    (input) => {
+      expect(parseImportDate(input)).toBeNull();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("parses a bare year and ignores empty input", () => {
+    expect(ym(parseImportDate("2019"))).toEqual([2019, 1]);
+    expect(parseImportDate("")).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseImportDate("not a date")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/actions/resumeImport/dates.ts b/src/actions/resumeImport/dates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a918503d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/resumeImport/dates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Locale-independent date helpers for resume import. Month names come from
+// Intl rather than a hand-written French/German/... list, so any locale the
+// runtime's ICU knows works without code changes.
+
+const MONTH_LOCALES = [
+  "en", "fr", "es", "de", "pt", "it", "nl", "sv", "da", "nb", "fi", "pl",
+  "cs", "sk", "ro", "hu", "tr", "ru", "uk", "el", "ca", "id", "vi",
+];
+
+// Words that mean "still ongoing" in end-date position. Matched after
+// lowercasing and stripping diacritics and trailing punctuation.
+const PRESENT_WORDS = new Set([
+  "present", "current", "now", "ongoing", "today", "-",
+  "presente", "actuel", "actuelle", "actuellement", "aujourd'hui", "en cours",
+  "heute", "aktuell", "gegenwart", "laufend", "jetzt",
+  "actualidad", "actualmente", "actual", "hoy", "atualmente", "atual", "hoje",
+  "attuale", "attualmente", "oggi", "in corso",
+  "heden", "nu", "huidig", "nuvarande", "nutid", "nåværende", "nykyinen",
+  "obecnie", "dzis", "teraz", "soucasnost", "prezent", "actualmente",
+  "halen", "su anda", "devam ediyor", "в настоящее время", "настоящее время",
+  "по настоящее время", "наст. время", "сейчас", "теперь",
+  "現在", "至今", "今", "현재", "재직중", "الحالي", "حتى الآن",
+]);
+
+const PARTICLES = new Set(["de", "del", "of", "d", "di", "van", "von", "em", "en", "a", "in"]);
+
+function fold(s: string): string {
+  return s
+    .normalize("NFD")
+    .replace(/[̀-ͯ]/g, "")
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[.,]+$/g, "")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+let monthMap: Map<string, number> | null = null;
+
+function getMonthMap(): Map<string, number> {
+  if (monthMap) return monthMap;
+  const seen = new Map<string, number>();
+  const ambiguous = new Set<string>();
+  for (const loc of MONTH_LOCALES) {
+    for (const style of ["long", "short"] as const) {
+      let fmt: Intl.DateTimeFormat;
+      try {
+        fmt = new Intl.DateTimeFormat(loc, { month: style, timeZone: "UTC" });
+      } catch {
+        continue;
+      }
+      for (let m = 0; m < 12; m++) {
+        const name = fold(fmt.format(new Date(Date.UTC(2020, m, 1)))).replace(/\./g, "");
+        if (!/^\p{L}{3,}$/u.test(name)) continue;
+        const prev = seen.get(name);
+        if (prev !== undefined && prev !== m) ambiguous.add(name);
+        else seen.set(name, m);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  for (const a of ambiguous) seen.delete(a);
+  monthMap = seen;
+  return seen;
+}
+
+export function isPresentMarker(s: string): boolean {
+  const t = fold(s);
+  return PRESENT_WORDS.has(t) || PRESENT_WORDS.has(s.trim().toLowerCase());
+}
+
+// "janvier 2020", "Januar 2020", "enero de 2020", "ene. 2020", "2020年1月"
+export function parseNamedMonthYear(s: string): Date | null {
+  const cjk = /^(\d{4})\s*[年.]\s*(\d{1,2})\s*月?$/.exec(s.trim());
+  if (cjk) return new Date(+cjk[1], +cjk[2] - 1, 1);
+
+  const year = /(?<!\d)(\d{4})(?!\d)/.exec(s);
+  if (!year) return null;
+  const words = fold(s.replace(year[1], " "))
+    .split(/[^\p{L}]+/u)
+    .filter((w) => w && !PARTICLES.has(w));
+  if (words.length !== 1) return null;
+  const month = getMonthMap().get(words[0]);
+  return month === undefined ? null : new Date(+year[1], month, 1);
+}
diff --git a/src/actions/resumeImport/shared.ts b/src/actions/resumeImport/shared.ts
index 8f64e9ec6..6bc076115 100644
--- a/src/actions/resumeImport/shared.ts
+++ b/src/actions/resumeImport/shared.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 import prisma from "@/lib/db";
 import { SectionType } from "@/models/profile.model";
+import { isPresentMarker, parseNamedMonthYear } from "./dates";
 
 // Not a "use server" module: shared across src/actions/resumeImport/ modules,
 // so it must stay importable without becoming a callable server-action endpoint.
 
 export function parseImportDate(s: string | undefined | null): Date | null {
   if (!s) return null;
-  const t = s.trim().toLowerCase();
-  if (["present", "current", "now", "ongoing", "-"].includes(t)) return null;
+  if (isPresentMarker(s)) return null;
 
-  // "Jan 2020" / "January 2020"
-  const monthYear = /^([a-z]+)\s+(\d{4})$/i.exec(s.trim());
-  if (monthYear) {
-    const d = new Date(`${monthYear[1]} 1, ${monthYear[2]}`);
-    if (!isNaN(d.getTime())) return d;
-  }
+  // "Jan 2020" / "janvier 2020" / "Januar 2020" — any locale Intl knows
+  const named = parseNamedMonthYear(s);
+  if (named) return named;
 
   // "2020"
   if (/^\d{4}$/.test(s.trim())) {
@@ -27,6 +24,12 @@ export function parseImportDate(s: string | undefined | null): Date | null {
     return new Date(parseInt(mmyyyy[2]), parseInt(mmyyyy[1]) - 1, 1);
   }
 
+  // YYYY-MM or YYYY/MM
+  const yyyymm = /^(\d{4})[/-](\d{1,2})$/.exec(s.trim());
+  if (yyyymm) {
+    return new Date(parseInt(yyyymm[1]), parseInt(yyyymm[2]) - 1, 1);
+  }
+
   const d = new Date(s);
   return isNaN(d.getTime()) ? null : d;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/ai/prompts/resume-import/system.ts b/src/lib/ai/prompts/resume-import/system.ts
index f4496eafc..4f95272f2 100644
--- a/src/lib/ai/prompts/resume-import/system.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ai/prompts/resume-import/system.ts
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ DATE RULES (applies to both experience and education, every entry):
   If a date is genuinely not stated in the document, use an empty string "".
 - Return the exact string from the document (e.g. "Jan 2020", "2019", "Present").
 - If an entry is ongoing (no end date given, or words like "Present"/"Current"),
-  set endDate to "Present".
+  set endDate to "Present". This applies in any language: "Présent", "Actuel",
+  "Heute", "Actualidad", "現在" and similar all become "Present".
 
 DESCRIPTION FIELD RULES (applies to both experience and education):
 - The description field is REQUIRED. Populate it whenever the entry has bullet
   points or details; use "" only if none exist.
+- The document may be in any language. Copy every text value in its original
+  language and never translate it. Only the JSON keys and the "Present" marker
+  are fixed English.
 - Copy bullet points VERBATIM, in order, without summarizing or dropping any.
 - Preserve bullet symbols (•) at the start of each line. Join lines with newlines.
 - Do not use HTML or markdown.