Multilingualism

Which language settings can be made?

Different language settings are available for multilingual use of the application.

User interface language (UI language): The UI language is the language of the user interface. It is based on your browser settings. The user interface includes all displayed dialogs, the administration interface, buttons, context menus and the displayed names of diagram, object and attribute types. The UI language depends on the language that appears first in your browser settings. Depending on the browser these lists can be found at different places:

  • Internet Explorer: Section “Preferred Language” in the Windows language settings

  • Mozilla Firefox: Section “Choose your preferred language for displaying pages” in the browser language settings

  • Google Chrome: Section “Order languages based on your preference” in the browser language settings

User language: The user language defines the language in which you receive emails from the application. This language is set per user in the administration of BIC Process Design.

Content language: The content language defines the language of diagrams content and attribute values. These contents are displayed in the diagram, in the attribute bar, in reports and in the catalog in the form of catalog items. The content language is set in the application and can differ from the UI language.

Alternative language: The alternative language is used if an attribute has no value in the context language. In this case, the application displays the value from the alternative language. The language abbreviation is also shown in brackets. If no values exist in either content language or the alternative language, the content remains empty. This behavior applies to the public workspace, the preview and publication stage.

Note

When modeling a diagram, only values that exist in the selected content language are shown in the object and diagram details. You can find further information here.

What languages are displayed for the content language and the alternative language when logging in for the first time?

When you log in to BIC Process Design for the first time, a default language is automatically used as the content language. The alternative language corresponds to your browser language (UI language).

You can adjust your content language and alternative language at any time.

Hint

If your browser language is not activated in the administration, the alternative language corresponds to the default language.

How do I set the content language and the alternative language?

In the profile, you can select a content language and an alternative language to show your diagrams. To change the language, open the Profile menu item in the left menu bar. Select the content language or the alternative language from the respective drop-down menu. If you navigate to the Profile menu item in the collapsed menu on the left, click the Open full profile button in the short profile. There, you can also select the content or alternative language You can also change the content and alternative language anytime using the Toggle languages button in the header.

The screenshot shows that in the "profile" menu item the currently selected content language and alternative language are displayed. There is also a dropdown menu where the language can be selected.

To set a language in the profile, open the menu item profile via the left menu bar. The current content language is displayed below Content language.

The screenshot shows that in the "Profile" menu item the currently selected content language is displayed and that there is a dropdown menu where the language can be selected.

Clicking the button opens a list of available content languages. You can select a language from the list. You can also click on the displayed language under Alternative language.

The screenshot shows that in the "profile" menu item the currently selected alternative language is shown there is a dropdown menu where the language can be selected.

A list of available alternative languages appears. Select a language from the list. Your content and alternative language are now set, and the selected changes are shown.

The screenshot shows that in the "Profile" menu item you can choose between content language and alternative language selection.There is also a dropdown menu where the language can be selected.

In the desktop view, your changes are shown in the top right corner of the header. The abbreviation for the content language and the alternative language are displayed. The content language is shown in bold.

The screenshot shows the change of content and alternative language in the header.

You can click the arrows Toggle languages in the header to swap the content and alternative language directly. This function is always available in the header of the desktop version. You can also click on your content and alternative language to open a drop-down menu and select a new language.