Platform access level: Everyone on Arist.
Arist supports 41 languages, so a course you build once can reach learners in the language they actually work in. English is one of the 41, and the other 40 are the languages Arist's AI translates a course into. Those 41 languages set the language of the content learners receive, and Arist's own screens are in English.
This reference is for anyone choosing a language in Arist. It lists every supported language exactly as it appears in the language picker, explains what a language setting changes, shows where you'll choose one, and covers how to request a language you don't see.
1. Languages Arist supports
All 41 languages are numbered and listed alphabetically below. The Shown in Arist as column is the label the picker uses, which for most languages is the native name followed by the English name.
# | Language | Shown in Arist as |
1 | Arabic | العربية (Arabic) |
2 | Bengali | বাংলা (Bengali) |
3 | Bulgarian | Български (Bulgarian) |
4 | Chinese (Simplified) | 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) |
5 | Chinese (Traditional) | 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese) |
6 | Czech | Čeština (Czech) |
7 | Dutch | Nederlands (Dutch) |
8 | English | English |
9 | French | Français (French) |
10 | French (Canada) | Français (Canada) |
11 | German | Deutsch (German) |
12 | Gujarati | ગુજરાતી (Gujarati) |
13 | Hindi | हिंदी (Hindi) |
14 | Hungarian | Magyar (Hungarian) |
15 | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) |
16 | Italian | Italiano (Italian) |
17 | Japanese | 日本語 (Japanese) |
18 | Javanese | ꦧꦱꦗꦮ (Javanese) |
19 | Korean | 한국어 (Korean) |
20 | Malay | Bahasa Melayu (Malay) |
21 | Marathi | मराठी (Marathi) |
22 | Norwegian | Norsk (Norwegian) |
23 | Persian | فارسی (Persian) |
24 | Polish | Polski (Polish) |
25 | Portuguese | Português (Portuguese) |
26 | Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi) |
27 | Romanian | Română (Romanian) |
28 | Russian | Русский (Russian) |
29 | Sinhala | සිංහල (Sinhala) |
30 | Slovak | Slovenčina (Slovak) |
31 | Slovenian | Slovenščina (Slovenian) |
32 | Spanish | Español (Spanish) |
33 | Swedish | Svenska (Swedish) |
34 | Tagalog | Filipino (Tagalog) |
35 | Tamil | தமிழ் (Tamil) |
36 | Telugu | తెలుగు (Telugu) |
37 | Thai | ไทย (Thai) |
38 | Turkish | Türkçe (Turkish) |
39 | Ukrainian | Українська (Ukrainian) |
40 | Urdu | اردو (Urdu) |
41 | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) |
English is fully supported for building and delivering courses, and it is where most courses start. Arist's AI translates a finished English course into any of the other 40 languages on this list.
2. Content language and interface language
The 41 languages above set the language of the content Arist delivers to learners, not the language of Arist's own screens. Here is what each one covers.
Content language: Lessons, questions, and the messages Arist sends around a course arrive in the language set for that course or learner. A learner taking a course in Japanese reads Japanese.
Interface language: Arist's own screens, where you build courses, schedule them, and read analytics, are in English. The buttons, menus, and settings labels stay in English whatever languages your courses run in. If you would like to operate in a different language we recommend using the translation feature in your browser.
Learners have their own language setting, and it works the same way. The first time a learner logs in to the Arist web app, it asks for their preferred language, and their courses and messages then arrive in that language. See Using Arist Messenger in Your Browser.
3. Choosing a language
You'll meet this list in a few places across Arist, and it's the same list everywhere:
Building with Creator: Set the Primary language to the language Creator writes the course in, and add translations later if you need more. See Building a Course with Creator.
Starting a course or survey: Pick the Language field when you create a course from scratch or build a survey. On a course, the language locks once the course has translations or enrolled learners. See Starting a Course from Scratch.
Translating an existing course: Select up to 3 target languages per run, and run the translation again for the next batch if you need more. See Translating an Existing Course.
Learner profiles: Each learner's profile carries a language, set from a cohort CSV's language column or updated automatically by survey logic, which helps you deliver course content in the learner's preferred language. See Building Surveys.
4. Requesting a language you don't see
If your learners need a language that isn't on the list, email your request to [email protected] and the team will consider it for a future addition. Naming the audience you want to reach with it helps the team understand the need.
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Note: Need help at any point? Reach out to your Arist Customer Success contact, or email [email protected].