Translating

Overview

Localization is in general the process of providing a Software with a multiple language user interface. In FreeCAD you can set the language of the user interface under Edit → Preferences → General. FreeCAD uses Qt to enable multiple language support. On Unix/Linux systems, FreeCAD uses the current locale settings of your system by default.

Helping to translate FreeCAD

One of the very important things users can contribute to FreeCAD (if for example they don't have programming skills) is to help translate its different aspects (source code, wiki, website, documentation etc.) in to another language. Here are the ways to do that.