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# Change languages
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You select the language of your database upon its creation. However, you can
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{ref}`add <language/add>` and {ref}`install <language/install>` additional languages to allow users
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to manage the database in another language or to
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{doc}`translate <../../websites/website/configuration/translate>` your website.
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(language-add)=
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## Add languages
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To download additional languages:
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- either click the profile icon in the upper-right corner, select {menuselection}`My profile`, and
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click the {icon}`fa-globe` ({guilabel}`globe`) icon next to the {guilabel}`Language` field;
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- or go to the **Settings** app, and click {guilabel}`Add Languages` in the {guilabel}`Languages`
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section.
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You can then select the languages you want from the dropdown menu and click {guilabel}`Add`.
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:::{seealso}
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{doc}`Translations <../../websites/website/configuration/translate>`
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:::
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(language-install)=
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## Change languages
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To select their preferred language, users can click the profile icon in the upper-right corner, go
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to {menuselection}`My profile`, and select a {guilabel}`Language` in the dropdown list.
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### Change another user's language
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To change the database language for a user:
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1. Go to the {guilabel}`Settings` app and click {guilabel}`Manage Users` in the {guilabel}`Users`
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section.
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2. Click on the user whose language you want to change.
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3. Go to the {guilabel}`Preferences` tab and select a previously
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{ref}`installed language <language/add>` from the {guilabel}`Language` dropdown menu.
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:::{note}
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Emails and documents will be sent to the user in the selected language.
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:::
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