Use the Languages setting to create a list of the various Languages that you use in your business You will be able to use this list as a look-up table from elsewhere in the system.

To open the Languages setting, first ensure you are in the System module. Then, if you are using Windows or macOS, click the [Settings] button in the Navigation Centre or use the Ctrl-S/⌘-S keyboard shortcuts and then double-click 'Languages' in the 'Settings' list. If you are using iOS or Android, select 'Settings' from the Tools menu (with 'wrench' icon) and tap 'Languages'. The 'Languages: Inspect' window opens, listing the Languages that you have already entered:

To enter a new Language, simply enter a Language Code and Name on the first blank line and, when finished, click the [Save] button (Windows/macOS) or tap √ (iOS/Android) to save the changes and close the window. To close the window without saving changes, click the close box (Windows/macOS) or tap < (iOS/Android).

It is recommended that you enter Languages in alphabetical order, as shown in the illustration. If you need to insert a row to maintain this order, click on the row number where the insertion is to be made and press the Return key (Windows/macOS) or long tap on the row number and select 'Insert Row' (iOS/Android). When you come to choose a Language using the 'Paste Special' function, the Languages will be listed in the same order that you have used here.

Having listed Languages in this setting as described above, you will be able to assign them to Customers or Suppliers. When you print forms, this will ensure the correct Form Templates are used: e.g. French invoice forms to French Customers, Finnish documents for Finnish Customers etc. This assumes you have designed Form Templates in the various Languages, and that you have specified when each Form Template is to be printed. Please refer to the 'Defining Forms' section on this page for details.

You can also enter translations of Item Names, Payment Terms, Delivery Terms, etc. in the relevant records. These will be used in printed documentation, depending on the Language of the Customer or Supplier. When you enter Quotations, Orders and Invoices, the correct translations of the Item Names will also be shown on screen.

The Languages setting is fully user-definable, allowing you to enter the Languages that you need and to use your own Language Codes. Languages are also used in Person and Global User records to ensure that the interface will be displayed in the correct Language for each user. When you specify a Language in a Person or Global User record, you will not refer to the Languages setting but instead choose a Language from a 'Paste Special' list that consists of a set of built-in codes. This is because you must enter a language code that will be recognised within the Standard ERP application so that the correct interface can be displayed. You may find it convenient to use these internal codes in your Languages setting and indeed this is recommended. For example, if you will use the Days and Months setting to store various translations of day and month names, you will identify each record in that setting by Language Code as entered here in the Languages setting. When a month name is printed on a form, it will be in the translation for the Language in the record being printed (also a Language Code as entered here in the Languages setting). But, if no Language is specified there, the printed month name will be the translation for the Language of the current user (an internal code). The internal codes are:

ARB	Arabic
CHI	Chinese
CRO	Croatian
CZE	Czech
DAN	Danish
AUS	English (Australia)
BWE	English (Botswana)
CAN	English (Canada)
SZE	English (Eswatini)
IND	English (India)
KEE	English (Kenya)
NZE	English (New Zealand)
PHE	English (Philippines)
SGP	English (Singapore)
SAF	English (South Africa)
ENG	English (UK)
USA	English (US)
ZWE	English (Zimbabwe)
EST	Estonian
FAR	Farsi
FIN	Finnish
FRA	French
FRC	French (Canada)
GER	German
HEB	Hebrew
HUN	Hungarian
ICE	Icelandic
ICE	Icelandic
ITA	Italian
LAT	Latvian
LIT	Lithuanian
MYS	Malaysian
NOR	Norwegian
POL	Polish
POR	Portuguese
AGO	Portuguese (Angola)
BRA	Portuguese (Brazil)
MOZ	Portuguese (Mozambique)
ROM	Romanian
RUS	Russian
SER	Serbian
SLO	Slovenian
SVK	Slovak
ESP	Spanish
ARG	Spanish (Argentina)
BOL	Spanish (Bolivia)
CHL	Spanish (Chile)
COL	Spanish (Colombia)
CRI	Spanish (Costa Rica)
SLV	Spanish (El Salvador)
GTM	Spanish (Guatemala)
HND	Spanish (Honduras)
MEX	Spanish (Mexico)
NIC	Spanish (Nicaragua)
PAN	Spanish (Panama)
PYS	Spanish (Paraguay)
URS	Spanish (Uruguay)
USS	Spanish (US)
SWE	Swedish, Finnish-Swedish
UKR	Ukrainian
TKR	Turkish
VIE	Vietnamese

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