Chapter 2. Selecting a user interface language

Once ELAN has been started, you can change the language of the user interface at any time. To achieve this, choose Options > Language and select one of the available languages.

Note

The selected Language does not influence the content of the produced or edited *.eaf files in any way.

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 Options > Language and select Custom.