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. Build a course in any of the 41, and Arist's AI translates it into the other 40. The Arist app is localized in English only, so a language choice applies to course content, not to the app itself.
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) |
Every language on this list is fully supported for building and delivering courses, English included. Once a course is written, Arist's AI translates it into any of the other 40 languages here.
2. Content language and interface language
Because the Arist app is localized in English only, a language choice applies to course content and never to the app itself. 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: The Arist app, where you build courses, schedule them, and read analytics, is localized in English only. 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. The web app's own buttons and menus are in English. 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.
Adding languages inside a course: Open Manage translations in the editor to use the Course languages panel, where you add languages and choose which ones to offer learners. One course contains every language version. See Managing Course Languages.
Learner profiles: Each learner has a Language field on their profile. An Org Admin or Manager can set it there, and CSV uploads, survey logic, and automations can set it too, while learners cannot change it themselves; when a course is offered in more than one language, the learner gets the version matching that profile language when the course offers it, or the default language when it does not. See Viewing and Managing Learners and Building Surveys.
Taking a course: On a course offered in more than one language, a learner can change the language of one enrollment from Manage enrollment in Arist Messenger or the Arist app for Microsoft Teams. This applies only when the organization allows learners to manage their own enrollments. See Using Arist Messenger in Your Browser and Using Arist on Microsoft Teams.
The Language dropdown on Manage enrollment offers the languages that course is published in, which is why it appears only on a course that runs in more than one. If a learner switches languages, the change applies from their next message, and messages they have already received stay in the language they arrived in. A language the course no longer offers stays in the list, labeled (no longer offered).
After an enrollment ends, Manage enrollment shows the language that enrollment used and does not offer a dropdown. A Manager can still change the enrollment's language for the learner.
The control for learner-managed enrollments is Allow users to manage their own enrollments in Organization Settings. If it is off, the Language dropdown is not offered. See Managing Organization Settings.
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].
