Elan supports various user interface languages. You can set an interface language at any given time. To do so, 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, Chinese, Dutch, English, French ,German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Korean 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 under 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.