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Interface languages

The Language control in the top toolbar sets the language of the interface. It shows the active language, for example Language: English. The first time PureCutCNC starts, it picks a built-in language that matches your browser or system, and English otherwise.

Built-in languages

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Language Shown in the menu as
English English
Simplified Chinese 简体中文
German Deutsch
Spanish Español
French Français

Click Language and choose a language. The interface changes straight away. Custom language packs you have made are listed under Custom languages, and Manage languages… opens the language manager.

Language menu open from the top toolbar, listing English (checked), 简体中文, Deutsch, Español, and Français, with Manage languages… below

What changes

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Switching the language changes only the text PureCutCNC shows. It does not change your project, the undo history, or the files you save, so a project opens the same in every language.

The language applies to the panels, dialogs, canvas labels, warnings, setup booklets, and printed designs. It does not apply to:

  • names you give to features, operations, tools, and machines;
  • G-code and its comments, which stay the same in every language;
  • number formats in exported files;
  • the desktop app’s native menus and update messages, which are in English.

Some settings and labels still show English text when a translation is missing: a language pack falls back to its base language, and then to English, for any string it does not translate.

Language manager

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Manage languages… lists the built-in languages and your custom language packs. Badges mark each language Built-in or Custom, and the one in use Active. Select a language to see its Language tag, the language a custom pack is Based on, and how much of it is translated.

Action Available for What it does
Use this language Any language that is not active Switches to the language.
Duplicate & edit Any language Starts a custom pack and opens it in the editor. Duplicating English starts a new language from scratch; duplicating any other language starts from its translations.
Edit Custom packs Opens the language editor.
Rename Custom packs Changes the Language name.
Import language Always Loads a language pack file exported from PureCutCNC.
Export language Custom packs Saves the pack as a file you can share.
Delete language Custom packs Removes the pack.

Built-in languages are read-only. If an imported pack has placeholder mismatches, the manager says how many; open the pack in the editor to fix them.

Manage languages dialog with the five built-in languages in the list, English selected and marked Active and Built-in with language tag en, and the Duplicate & edit and Import language buttons

Language editor

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Edit opens the language editor for a custom pack.

Field or control Description
Language name The name shown in the Language menu.
BCP-47 language tag A standard language code such as de or pt-BR. It sets the page language and the plural rules used for counts.
Progress How many of the app’s strings the pack translates, for example 0 / 2294 translated for a new pack. The total grows as the app gains text.
Search Filters the list by string key or text (Search keys and text…).
Show All strings, Untranslated only, or Edited only.

The strings are grouped into sections by area of the app, each with its own translated count. Each row shows the string’s key, the English source text, and the base language’s text when the pack is based on another language. Type the translation into the row’s field; an empty field falls back to the base language. Reset clears one translation.

Text in curly braces, such as {count} or {name}, is a placeholder that the app fills in. A translation must contain exactly the same placeholders as the English text. Apply is not available while any translation has a placeholder mismatch, and the editor says which ones do.

  • Preview in app applies your translations to the whole interface while the editor stays open. Cancel then restores the saved version.
  • Apply saves the pack.
  • Cancel discards the changes.
Edit language dialog for a copy of German: the Language name and BCP-47 language tag fields, the translated counter, the search and Show filters, and appearance strings showing the English source and the German base text, with one translation flagged for dropping the {name} placeholder
The search has been used to filter to one section. The highlighted row drops a placeholder the English text has, so Apply is unavailable until it is corrected.

Language packs are stored in this browser or desktop app. To use one on another device, export it and import it there.

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