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Languages

Haruno is available in English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Arabic. Pick one in Settings, or let it follow your Mac.

  • Mac appAvailableApplies after a restart. No Simplified Chinese.
  • Windows appAvailableThe language and the theme apply at once, with no restart.

The Mac app is in four languages:

  • English
  • Japanese (日本語)
  • Traditional Chinese (繁體中文)
  • Arabic (العربية)

There is no Simplified Chinese version.

Change the language

  1. Open Settings ▸ General

    Press ⌘, and look in the Appearance section.

  2. Pick a language

    Choose from the Language menu. The choices are System, English, 日本語, 繁體中文 and العربية. The names of the languages always show in their own writing.

  3. Restart

    A line appears: Restart to apply the new language. Click Restart Now. Haruno opens again in the new language.

The change only takes effect after a restart.

System

System follows the language of your Mac. If your Mac uses a language that Haruno does not have, Haruno is in English.

What changes

  • Menus, buttons, messages and the Settings window.
  • Arabic is laid out right to left.
  • Help ▸ Privacy Policy opens the website's page for the language of the app. The What's New page is shown in that language too, and in English when the website has no page in it.
  • Haruno is set up to answer, and to write the documents it makes, in the language of the app.

Some technical messages, for example some sign-in errors, stay in English.

Same on both views

The language is in Settings ▸ General, so it is the same in the normal view and in the advanced view.

What to tell a customer: if the app is in the wrong language, it is the Language menu in Settings ▸ General. The app needs a restart to change.

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+---
+title: Languages
+summary: Haruno is available in English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Arabic. Pick one in Settings, or let it follow your Mac.
+feature: languages
+covers:
+  - apple/Sources/SettingsUI/SettingsView.swift
+  - apple/Sources/SystemServices/UILanguage.swift
+  - apple/App/Localizable.xcstrings
+  - apple/App/Info.plist
+---
+
+The Mac app is in four languages:
+
+- English
+- Japanese (日本語)
+- Traditional Chinese (繁體中文)
+- Arabic (العربية)
+
+There is no Simplified Chinese version.
+
+## Change the language
+
+<Steps>
+<Step title="Open Settings ▸ General">
+Press **⌘,** and look in the <Ui>Appearance</Ui> section.
+</Step>
+<Step title="Pick a language">
+Choose from the <Ui>Language</Ui> menu. The choices are <Ui>System</Ui>, <Ui>English</Ui>, <Ui>日本語</Ui>, <Ui>繁體中文</Ui> and <Ui>العربية</Ui>. The names of the languages always show in their own writing.
+</Step>
+<Step title="Restart">
+A line appears: <Ui>Restart to apply the new language.</Ui> Click <Ui>Restart Now</Ui>. Haruno opens again in the new language.
+</Step>
+</Steps>
+
+The change only takes effect after a restart.
+
+## System
+
+<Ui>System</Ui> follows the language of your Mac. If your Mac uses a language that Haruno does not have, Haruno is in English.
+
+## What changes
+
+- Menus, buttons, messages and the Settings window.
+- Arabic is laid out right to left.
+- <Ui>Help ▸ Privacy Policy</Ui> opens the website's page for the language of the app. The [What's New](/macos/app/whats-new/) page is shown in that language too, and in English when the website has no page in it.
+- Haruno is set up to answer, and to write the documents it makes, in the language of the app.
+
+Some technical messages, for example some sign-in errors, stay in English.
+
+## Same on both views
+
+The language is in Settings ▸ General, so it is the same in the normal view and in the advanced view.
+
+What to tell a customer: if the app is in the wrong language, it is the Language menu in Settings ▸ General. The app needs a restart to change.