1.3 Language Availability

You can run the Messenger Installation program, administer your Messenger system in ConsoleOne, and run the Messenger agents in the following languages:

  • English

  • French

  • German

  • Spanish

  • Portuguese

All available administration languages are automatically installed.

By default, the Messenger Installation program, ConsoleOne, and the Messenger agents start in the language of the operating system, if it is available. If the operating system language is not available for Messenger, the next default language is English. In the Installation program, you can select from among the available languages to override the English default. When starting the Messenger agents, you can use the /language startup switch to override the English default on Windows servers.

You can run the Messenger client in the following languages:

  • Czech

  • Chinese - Simplified

  • Chinese - Traditional

  • Danish

  • Dutch

  • English

  • Finnish

  • French

  • German

  • Hungarian

  • Italian

  • Japanese

  • Korean

  • Norwegian

  • Polish

  • Portuguese

  • Russian

  • Spanish

  • Swedish

Users can select the languages they want when they install the Messenger client.

By default, the Messenger client starts in the language of the operating system, if it is available. If the operating system language is not available, the next default language is English. In the Messenger client, you can click Tools > Options, then select an interface language from those that have been installed. When starting the Messenger client, you can use the /l startup switch to override the English default and select an interface language from those that have been installed.