(this topic is about general aspect of how to access the english interface as a non-english speaker, it is NOT about the german interface, i just use German examples as i am a native german speaker) @Verena we discussed about Rhino can become more accessible for newbies @curtisw seems like you are…

Hi @Tom_P Since you pinged me specifically… Where/what we teach is maybe a bit different than your situation - we do not teach Rhino in English. We are teaching at the apprentice level, not HES or university, and despite having had several years of both English and another national language, our …

[image] Helvetosaur: apprentices generally have a very poor grasp of anything other than their native dialect Exactly my experience. I’m all for the UI in the language the user wants, in here it’s German only. The UI in English and on demand translation would feel like [image] In some c…

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this issue as well. That’s why I usually advise most users—myself included—to keep the interface in English while setting the Help Panel to their native language (Korean in my case). In Rhino 8, this can be achieved by downloading the offline help package and…

Thank you, @Tom_P , for bringing this up, and everyone else for your input. I’ve created this YouTrack issue to track it: RH-98248 “Allow Help language to be changed after install, independently of the installed UI language”.

Strange world, I live in Sweden but i would never want my cad in swedish mainly for communication purposes and swedish translation is just horrible. Best case for any user is to keep it in english its universal, I would imagine it just brings more burden to the workflow having to translate and in s…

[image] CADARTZ: Best case for any user is to keep it in english For you. It may not be for others.

[image] Verena Vogler: Thank you, @Tom_P , for bringing this up, and everyone else for your input. I’ve created this YouTrack issue to track it: RH-98248 “Allow Help language to be changed after install, independently of the installed UI language”. Dear Verena - looks like the youtrack RH-9824…

Hi Tom - [image] Tom_P: looks like the youtrack RH-98248 is not public. This is now public → RH-98248 Allow Help language to be changed after install, independently of the installed UI language -wim

[image] Tom_P: Using an english interface, but a german help file will make it hard for many commands to map options-names / and choices. So maybe future help might need to have translated and english option (and Macro) naming as headings? I agree to some extent. It’s always tricky when help…

It should work now @Tom_P . Thank you @wim :folded_hands: .

(Wish/Ideas) English-Interface for non-native speakers

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brian (Brian Gillespie) September 8, 2026, 10:43pm 13

RH-98248 is fixed in Rhino BETA

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(Wish/Ideas) English-Interface for non-native speakers

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