Users of the Desktop Client can switch the user interface language and can be enabled to select the display language for field values.

To change the current user interface language of the Desktop Client a menu option is provided: File > Administration > Switch Application Language. The user selects the desired language. Once the Cumulus application was closed and started again, the language switch takes effect. If the selected language is not available as localized user interface, the Cumulus user interface language will be English – but specific writing capabilities for the selected language are supported.

(See also “Switch Application Language”.)

If a View Set has the Allow language switch for multilingual fields option activated, users can switch the language in which multilingual metadata fields are displayed. If this option is not activated, multilingual fields are always displayed in the language of the field that was added to the view (See also “Customization Options for Record View Sets”.)

To allow language switching in the Category pane, the Preferred Language option must be activated and set to As defined in View menu in the Category Pane preferences of the current Category View Set. If the Preferred Language option is not activated, multilingual categories are always displayed in their base language (defined in the field properties Language tab).

There is one more issue with the category pane.

Instead of coupling the language of the Category pane to the selection made in the View menu, you may as well select a language to always be used with the category pane, independent of the language used for other metadata fields. Activate the Preferred Language option in the Category Pane preferences and select the desired language.

The Desktop Client user can select language in which multilingual metadata fields are displayed via the View menu. For more information see “Language for Field Values” .