Calendar has been translated to a few languages such as French and Welsh. This document give a small over view.

How to switch to a different language

To check what languages Calendar supports follow these steps:

1. Find Calendar in Finder.
2. Right click on the application and select Show Info.
3. In the pop-up menu select Languages.
4. The window now lists all the languages Calendar has been translated to.
5. Note that some languages are listed under there abbreviated two or three letter names. To find the abbreviation for your language follow this link.

If Calendar supports your language but runs under a differnt translation then follow these steps:

1. From the Apple menu select System Preferences
2. Click on the International icon.
3. If your language appears under the Languages list then drag it to the top
4. If your language does not appear on the list then read the next section

The following steps will guide you in setting your language as the default system language even when it does not appear in the System Preferences dialog. Note when you see YOUR_LANGUAGE read that as the name of your language or abbreviation as listed in the Show Info panel.

1. Run Terminal.app which can be found in /Applications/Utilites.
2. Type the following : defaults read NSGlobalDomain AppleLanguages
3. Press return
4. The above command will cause Terminal to print the prefered languages on your computer. i.e. (English, German, French)
5. Now you want to add your language to the head of the list so for the above example you would type : defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleLanguages "(YOUR_LANGUAGE, English, German, French)"

How to translate Calendar to a new language

1. Find Calendar.app in Finder
2. Right click on the application icon and select Show Package Contents
3. Naviate through Contents/Resources
4. Make a copy it the folder English.lproj
5. Find the two letter code that represent your language here
6. Rename the new folder with the two letter code plus the .lproj extension
7. Translate all text in the new folder
8. Send me a copy :-)