Languages

The app has seven interface languages. Language in the menu bar opens the list. A tick marks the language in use, and a warning triangle marks the five beta languages. The change is immediate, and you do not reload the app.

Language	Status
English (US)	Complete
Español (ES)	Complete
Português (BR)	Beta
Français (FR)	Beta
Nederlands (NL)	Beta
日本語 (JP)	Beta
Bahasa Indonesia (ID)	Beta

If the window is too narrow for the menu bar, the language list moves into the menu behind the button at the top right. See The interface.

What beta means

When you point at a beta entry, the app shows the reason: This language is in beta. Please try it and contact support if you notice any inaccuracies. While one of the five is active, the welcome dialog repeats it as This language is in beta.

A beta language is incomplete, not broken. English is part of the app, and every other language is a set of overrides on top of English. An untranslated string appears in English, and nothing is ever blank. You get a mixed interface, not a missing one. The translated parts are the parts that were reviewed.

Note

Only English comes with the app. The app downloads each of the other six from the web the first time you choose it. As a result, a language change needs a working connection. If the download does not arrive, the interface stays in English.

How the app picks a language

On your first visit, the app reads the language of your browser. If that language matches one of the seven, by exact code or by region, the app uses it. For example, fr-CA selects Français. If there is no match, the app starts in English.

After that, the app remembers your choice. When you are signed out, the app keeps the choice in the browser. A different browser, or a private window, then starts from the browser language again. When you are signed in, the app stores the choice on your account. The choice then follows you to every browser that you sign in from.

Caution

The account setting wins over the browser setting. If you never chose a language while signed in, your account stores no language. The interface then goes to English when you sign in, even when it was in another language a moment before. When you choose the language again while signed in, the app stores it on the account and keeps it.

Numbers

The app shows numbers with the decimal and grouping symbols of the language you are in. It reads the numbers that you type in the same way.

Language	Decimal	Thousands	A million and a half
English (US), 日本語 (JP)	.	,	1,500,000
Español (ES), Português (BR), Nederlands (NL), Bahasa Indonesia (ID)	,	.	1.500.000
Français (FR)	,	a space	1 500 000

The app rejects a value that is written the other way round, and it does not misread the value. In Español, 1.5 is not one and a half. The full stop is a thousands separator, and 5 is not a group of three. The field marks the value as an error and does not commit it. Type 1,5 instead.

For a value of more than a hundred million, or less than a thousandth, the app uses scientific notation. The decimal symbol stays the same.

The same rules apply everywhere the app shows a number or you type one:

• The Asset tab
• The data tables
• The symbology breaks
• The patterns and curves editors

What is not translated

The app translates the interface. It does not translate your model, and it does not translate the output of the engine.

• Asset labels, custom attribute names, pattern and curve ids, and zone names are your data. The app stores and exports them exactly as you typed them. See Custom attributes.
• The simulation report is the output of the EPANET engine. Its headings and its error and warning text stay in English for every interface language. See The simulation report.
• Files carry no language. An exported .inp file uses the section names of EPANET, and a project file stores no language setting. When you open the same project in another language, its contents do not change. See Import and export and Projects.

Next

• The interface — where the Language menu sits.
• Keyboard shortcuts — translated with the rest of the interface, but the keys are the same in every language.