Working with languages
PolicyCenter enables you to configure support for multiple display languages. Display languages specify the writing system and words to use for text in the user interface, as well as linguistic searching and sorting behavior. Typically, you configure PolicyCenter for display languages by enabling languages supplied by Guidewire.
Working with display languages
In the base configuration, the primary display language in PolicyCenter is United States English, for which string resources are defined in display.properties and typelist.properties.
To display languages other than U.S. English, you must do the following:
- Enable additional display languages
- When you configure PolicyCenter to use a language provided by Guidewire, PolicyCenter configures localized screen and field labels and other string resources for that language.
- Select the primary display language for the application
- Set one of the enabled languages as the primary display language for PolicyCenter in the DefaultApplicationLanguage configuration parameter. The primary display language is the default preferred language for users. New users are assigned the primary display language as their default preferred language. They see user interface labels, window names, and so on in the primary language at the time that they log in. A user can select any language that has been enabled in PolicyCenter as their preferred display language.
Important:
PolicyCenter enables you to configure display languages of your choice manually. However, Guidewire does not provide language configuration support for configuring PolicyCenter with a language that Guidewire does not provide.
If you manually configure your own language and have questions, contact your Guidewire Professional Services representative.
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