# Changing the Aptana Studio interface to a different language [edit]

This page discusses how to switch the Aptana Studio interface to a different langauge, such as Japanese or Chinese

## Introduction

You can change the language of the Aptana UI to a different language than what your operating system uses by default. Follow the instructions below to change the language of the Aptana UI.

## Instructions

### Windows Users

You can do either of the following to change the language of your Aptana UI:

- Change your language of your operating system, or
- Change your shortcut to Aptana by typing the following on the command line when you start Aptana (choose your two-letter language abbreviation from the list at the bottom of this page):

    Aptana.exe -nl [2-letter-language-abbreviation]

### Mac OS users

To change the language of your UI:

1. Quit Aptana, if it is running.
2. Navigate to the directory where you have your Aptana.app installed.
3. Right-click or Ctrl-click Aptana.app, and select Show Package Contents > Content > MacOS from the context menu.
4. Open the Aptana.ini file in a text editor.
5. At the first line of the Aptana.ini file, type the following:

       -nl
       [2-letter-abbreviation]

   Make sure that you have a new line between the "-nl" and the abbreviation. Choose your abbreviation from the list at the bottom of this page.

6. Save your changes and close the file.
7. Re-start Aptana. Your UI should be in the language that you chose.

### Two-letter language abbreviations

Aptana recognizes the following language abbreviations:

- en (English)
- es (Spanish)
- de (German)
- fr (French)
- hu (Hungarian)
- ja (Japanese)
- ko (Korean)
- pl (Polish)
- ru (Russian)
- zh (Chinese)

The -nl gives you freedom to choose a language manually.

If there is a string which is not translated, you can translate it here: http://translate.aptana.com/

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