@kitjmv (jmv) posted a new topic, subject "Language in the help panel". It read:

   Hello, I use Rhino in English, but it's more convenient to have help in my native language.
    
    Currently, if I am in French, I can search for the term “Courbe” or “_Curve”, the result in these 2 cases is a Fr page.  
    But if I'm in English, I can only search for “Curve” and the result is in English.
    
    In fact, and not just for the help panel, the “_” character can be used to switch between two different languages, even if the user interface is in English.
    
    In all cases, have the possibility to define the search URL of the help panel and an alias table (EN → lang 2, “Curve” → “_Courbe”) to be useful
    
    Think UX.

Then @Tom_P said

    dear @kitjmv  
    if you use the online-help, you can just edit the url:  
    change en-us to fr-fr or vice versa:
    
    `http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/fr-fr/index.htm#seealso/sak_curve.htm`  
    `http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/en-us/index.htm#seealso/sak_curve.htm`
    
    docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/ **fr-fr** /index.htm#seealso/sak_curve.htm  
    docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/ **en-us** /index.htm#seealso/sak_curve.htm
    
    (the links in this post won t work due to formating…)

So @kitjmv (jmv) replied

    Hello @Tom_P and thank you for the reply.
    
    Yes, I am using the site.  
    There is a limit, you have to know the translation of the name of the command.  
    Sometimes I don't know or I can't deduce it. I therefore cannot find it in the online help.
    
    Research such as:
    
      * `http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/fr-fr/index.htm#search-_curve`  
    or
      * `http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/fr-fr/index.htm#search-curve`  
    produces zero results.
    
    
    
    The help panels in Rhino have additional functionality. The search bar converts name aliases.  
    It is therefore possible to do the search “_Curve” if the interface is not in English.
    
    In my case, I have the Rhino interface in English, and I would like to read the documentation in another language.

To which @Tom_P replied

    kitjmv:
    
    > my case, I have the Rhino interface in English,
    
    with english interface - check what the buttons or menus write in the commandline  
    search for _curve at this page  
    https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/en-us/index.htm  
    it will guide you to  
    https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/en-us/index.htm#commands/curve.htm?Highlight=curve  
    translate to  
    https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/7/help/fr-fr/index.htm#commands/curve.htm

So @Tom_P replied

    if you need a translation of all commands - there is an xml
    
    Command Name Translation German-English-German or international
    
    > `C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Localization\de-DE`
    > 
    > Ah, you're on Mac… I suppose it's in your library folder, you'll have to drill down from there - maybe something like
    > 
    > `~/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/7.0/Localization\de-DE` ?
    
    you can reformat it by search and replace to get a .csv and import it into a spreadsheet
    
    that s what i support for my students in german - englisch - englisch - german - but i do not have the french version installed

So @Helvetosaur replied

    I actually use this in the opposite manner - I normally work in English, but I sometimes need to teach in French and German with the Rhino interface in that language. When I need to launch a command that has a localized command name that I can't remember (or never learned), I type the command in English with the underscore to launch it, then I press F1. That gets me the online help in the language that Rhino is running in with the localized name of the command. Very handy (for me).

So @kitjmv (jmv) replied

    Perfect ! Thanks to you two !  
    And thanks to @KelvinC for the FR offline help link.
    
    I have found an alternative that works for me and seems to work well.
    
      * After installing the offline help
      * In `%APPDATA%\Local\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Localization`
      * I copied the `fr-fr` folder and renamed it to` en-US`  
    `%APPDATA%\Local\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Localization\en-US`
    
    
    
    that's all.  
    I can have the Rhino interface in English, run commands in English, shearch English names in the help panel. But get help in French.
    
    Obviously, if you have to change the language often, it won't be practical.


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