To manage languages:

1. Open the main program window.
2. Click the main menu button "Manage languages" .

PhraseExpress for iOS does not support multiple languages and uses the default language of a phrase file.

Language configuration cannot be changed while the phrase file is shared with other users.

To create a new language:

1. Click the language manager icon in the program window main menu.
2. In the language manager, click "Add language".
3. Choose the desired language from the drop-down menu. Custom names are allowed, but PhraseExpress then cannot identify the actual language behind them.
4. Optionally, double-click in the hotkey input box to define a hotkey used later to switch to that language.

Enable PhraseExpress setting "Phrase files » Highlight unedited items" to highlight unedited phrases of a new language version.

To delete a language:

1. Click the language manager icon in the program main menu.
2. In the language manager, select the level you wish to delete.
3. Click the recycle bin icon in the lower left.
4. Make sure that you really want to delete all phrases in the language and confirm the action.

If using a SQL Client Manager, only a "master user" can delete a language version of a phrase database.

The default language cannot be deleted.

To switch to a language version:

• Select the desired language in the program window main menu section:
  
• Alternatively, press the hotkey you may have defined for the level in the language manager.
• Or, right-click the PhraseExpress task tray icon and select the desired language:
  
  

PhraseExpress supports the AI based services, such as DeepL or OpenAI, to translate an entire phrase language version.

To translate a language version into another language:

1. Switch to the language you wish to translate
2. Right-click the database root folder (or any phrase folder if you wish to translate only parts of the language version).
3. Select Translate and configure the options as desired:
   
   

• Configure AI translation service