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In the "Settings" dialog box, double-click on the entry and select User Interface Language .

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In the top menu bar, navigate to Options > Settings (or "Tools > Settings" in some versions).

YES. The Smart V3 panel supports multiple languages natively. You don't need a "Smart" or "Pro" license upgrade for basic language switching. --- Wincc Flexible Smart V3 Change Language -FREE-

Ensure your system locale is set to Chinese (Simplified, China) before opening the project. Additionally, verify that the project language settings match the encoding of your text elements.

You can create separate buttons for each language, with each button using the "setLanguage" system function to select a specific language directly. For visual clarity, you can also assign national flags to the buttons.

Revisit Step 1, verify the language checkbox is marked, recompile the project, and download it to the HMI again. In the "Settings" dialog box, double-click on the

Ensure the selected font (e.g., Tahoma) supports all language characters (especially Chinese, Japanese, or Korean).

Configuring multiple languages in WinCC flexible SMART V3 involves adjusting the engineering workspace via Options > Settings and enabling project languages within the Project Tree for runtime switching. Operators can toggle between languages using the SetLanguage system function assigned to HMI buttons, allowing for localized text display. For more details, visit Siemens Industry Online Support .

For advanced scenarios or projects with a very high volume of standard text (e.g., alarm messages), WinCC provides a . This acts as a central dictionary for your project, allowing you to define a text once and reuse it across many screens. If you need to change the translation, you change it in one place (the text library) and it updates everywhere. The process is similar to the one described above: you add languages in the text library, assign an ID to a piece of text, and then type in the translation for each language. You can then link your screen objects to these text IDs. The text library text can also be exported and imported for translation, using the same FREE batch processing method described earlier. Ensure your system locale is set to Chinese

| What's free | What requires extra cost/license | |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| | Switching between 2-5 languages | Advanced Unicode fonts (e.g., Russian, Thai) – check if your panel supports them | | All built-in system texts | Runtime language change via PLC logic (needs scripting anyway) | | Button, label, alarm texts | Voice/speech output in multiple languages |

What of Smart Line panel (e.g., Smart 700 IE, Smart 1000 IE V3) are you using?

Check the boxes for all languages you want to support (e.g., English, Chinese, German, Italian). Set the . B. Translating Texts

To allow an HMI operator to switch languages on the plant floor, you must configure the project's . Phase A: Adding Project Languages 17 - WinCC Flexible - Multi Language Capability