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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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.. _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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#. Go to the :guilabel:`Settings` app and click :guilabel:`Manage Users` in the :guilabel:`Users`
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section.
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#. Click on the user whose language you want to change.
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#. 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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