From 76cab0001f15e2b6d0c03253fef5c4ebacfde567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Chirico <chiricom@google.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:57:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Skip if NLS is not enabled

---
 r/tests/testthat/helper-arrow.R | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/helper-arrow.R b/r/tests/testthat/helper-arrow.R
index fa81c14191ef..84b883c3b3e3 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/helper-arrow.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/helper-arrow.R
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ options(arrow.pull_as_vector = FALSE)
 
 with_language <- function(lang, expr) {
   skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_not(capabilities("NLS"))
   old <- Sys.getenv("LANGUAGE")
   # Check what this message is before changing languages; this will
   # trigger caching the translations if the OS does that (some do).