The Cornerstone system can be displayed in various languages. This allows users to access the many features of the site in the language of their choice. With the globalization of Cornerstone, your organization can effectively offer all of Cornerstone's functionality and training in a user's home language, making the experience and training relevant and meaningful for your users, regardless of their location.
Language Packs require activation at an additional charge. Cornerstone also provides support for Conversion Rates, Currency, and international date formats. If you are interested in these options, first contact your Client Sales Representative to purchase one or more language packs. Once purchased, submit a case to Global Customer Support to activate the newly purchased language packs.
Permissions
| PERMISSION NAME | PERMISSION DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY |
| Users - Edit Users Language | Enables administrator to modify the portal display language for a user via the admin/users screen. This permission only works when used in conjunction with the Users - View permission. | Core Administration |
Language Packs and Language Cultures
Language packs are available in the following languages:
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Basque (Spain)
- Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
- Catalan (Spain)
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional) - Note: Cornerstone does not currently have a Chinese (Taiwan) language pack. Organizations that are using Chinese (Traditional) as a substitute should not request adjustments to this language pack.
- Croatian (Croatia)
- Czech (Czech Republic)
- Danish (Denmark)
- Dutch (Netherlands)
- English (Australia)
- English (United Kingdom)
- English (United States)
- Estonian (Estonia)
- Finnish (Finland)
- French (Canada)
- French (France)
- German (Germany)
- Greek (Greece)
- Hebrew (Israel)
- Hungarian (Hungary)
- Indonesian (Indonesia)
- Italian (Italy)
- Japanese (Japan)
- Korean (Korea)
- Latvian (Latvia)
- Lithuanian (Lithuania)
- Malay (Malaysia) also known as Bahasa (Malaysia)
- Norwegian (Bokml)
- Polish (Poland)
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Romanian (Romania)
- Russian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Slovak (Slovakia)
- Slovenian (Slovenia)
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Spanish (Spain)
- Swedish (Sweden)
- Thai (Thailand)
- Turkish (Turkey)
- Ukrainian (Ukraine)
- Vietnamese (Vietnam)
Language cultures are available in the following languages in addition to the standard language pack:
- Afrikaans (South Africa)
- Belarusian (Belarus)
- Bosnian (Cyrillic)
- Burmese (Myanmar)
- Dutch (Belgium)
- Hindi (India)
- Icelandic (Iceland)
- Khmer (Cambodia)
- Lao (Lao)
- Macedonian (Macedonia)
- Malayalam (India)
- Punjabi (India)
- Tamil (India)
- Urdu (Pakistan)
Terms
- Globalization - The ability of the application to be viewed in multiple language and the support for multi-language administration.
- Translation - The process of converting from one language to another. The translation of the Cornerstone application is referred to as a Language Translation Pack.
- Localization - The process of culturally adapting content. This is mostly executed in combination with translation when training is converted into a local language.
- Language Translation Packs - All static text in the system is translated and allows for localization.
- Language Cultures - Static text in the system is not translated. Language cultures are used only for training language and user record. Language cultures can be enabled through a Global Customer Support request.
See Language Cultures vs Language Packs.
Language Pack Rules
When a language pack is purchased and enabled, the following rules apply:
- All static text is translated into the available language selected when purchased.
- Manually entered (dynamic) text must be translated and entered by the client. The option to translate text in the system is often noted with a Translate icon
. - Cornerstone supports foreign characters and text but does not automatically display these characters unless configured.
- Browse for Training Subjects have equivalencies so that new subjects can be created in other languages. Courses already in the English version of the subject automatically map to the new subject.
- System searches default to user's language preference, but searches may be expanded to include other languages.