Once ELAN has been started, you can change the language of the user interface at any time. To achieve this, choose
and select one of the available languages.![]() | Note |
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The selected Language does not influence the content of the
produced or edited |
At present Catalan, Dutch, English, French ,German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish language modules are available. However, new languages can be easily added. If you want to provide a translation for a different language, please contact the ELAN development team.
Alternatively, you can immediately incorporate a new translation
as follows. In the directory locale
in the
directory where ELAN is installed, you will find the files
ElanLanguage.properties
and
SearchLanguage.properties
. These files can be used
as a basis for your translation. Copy the files to the directory
.elan_data (Linux and Windows) or Library/Preferences/ELAN (on Mac OS)
in your home directory and simply edit the entries in the files. To view
the result of the translation, click and select
.