# Change languages

You select the language of your database upon its creation. However, you can
{ref}`add <language/add>` and {ref}`install <language/install>` additional languages to allow users
to manage the database in another language or to
{doc}`translate <../../websites/website/configuration/translate>` your website.

(language-add)=

## Add languages

To download additional languages:

- either click the profile icon in the upper-right corner, select {menuselection}`My profile`, and
  click the {icon}`fa-globe` ({guilabel}`globe`) icon next to the {guilabel}`Language` field;
- or go to the **Settings** app, and click {guilabel}`Add Languages` in the {guilabel}`Languages`
  section.

You can then select the languages you want from the dropdown menu and click {guilabel}`Add`.

:::{seealso}
{doc}`Translations <../../websites/website/configuration/translate>`
:::

(language-install)=

## Change languages

To select their preferred language, users can click the profile icon in the upper-right corner, go
to {menuselection}`My profile`, and select a {guilabel}`Language` in the dropdown list.

### Change another user's language

To change the database language for a user:

1. Go to the {guilabel}`Settings` app and click {guilabel}`Manage Users` in the {guilabel}`Users`
   section.
2. Click on the user whose language you want to change.
3. Go to the {guilabel}`Preferences` tab and select a previously
   {ref}`installed language <language/add>` from the {guilabel}`Language` dropdown menu.

:::{note}
Emails and documents will be sent to the user in the selected language.
:::