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Interface language

Papero's menus and messages come in six languages. The language you write in is a separate setting that each document keeps for itself. This page covers both.

The six interface languages

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  • English
  • Deutsch (German)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Français (French)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • Português (Brasil) (Brazilian Portuguese)

Change the interface language

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  1. Open the account menu at the foot of the sidebar (it shows your email address) and choose Settings.
  2. Under Preferences, choose Language.
  3. Pick a language. Each one is listed by its own name, with its name in the current interface language under it where the two differ.

After a moment the choice is saved and the whole interface switches. There is nothing else to press.

The language is saved on your account, so it follows you to every device and browser you sign in on.

Automatic

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The first choice, Automatic, follows your browser. Papero takes the first language in your browser's list that it has, so any kind of German gets German and any kind of Portuguese gets Brazilian Portuguese. If none of your browser's languages is one of the six, you get English. The row shows which language Automatic picks right now, for example Automatic (English).

Interface language and document language

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The interface language changes Papero's own menus and buttons. It does not change your documents. Each document keeps its own language, which you choose when you create it.

The document language sets:

  • the language Papero's AI writes in: outlines, drafts and suggestions
  • citations and the reference list, when the citation style has this language
  • the words Papero adds to the document and the Word file

So you can use the interface in English and write a paper in German, or the other way round.

Set the language of a new document

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On the What are you writing? screen, press the settings line under the box. In Document settings, Document language sets the language before Papero builds the outline. It starts on the language of the document you opened last, or on your browser's language if this is your first document. See Write your first document.

Change the language of a document

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  1. Open the document.
  2. Press Document options (the three dots at the top right) and choose Document language…. The menu shows the current language under it.
  3. Pick a language and press Save.

Text you have already written stays as it is: Papero does not translate it. New suggestions and citations follow the new language.

If your text looks like it is in another language than the one set, the window says so, for example Your text looks like German. Press Use it to pick that language.

The document languages are English (UK), English (US), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Korean, Japanese and Chinese (Simplified).

papero.ai and these docs

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The papero.ai website and these docs come in the same six languages. If you sign up on a page in your language, the email that confirms your address is written in that language too. See Create your account.

To see what is new in Papero, open the changelog.