# Chinese localization

Adds Simplified Chinese (中文（简体）) to the languages of the user interface.

## Using it

After an administrator loads the extension ([Managing extensions](../administration/extensions.md)), *中文（简体）*
is in the **Language** selector at the bottom of the workspace (in the menu on a [phone](../phone.md)), next to
English and Japanese. Pick it and the page reloads in Chinese; the choice is saved in your account, so it is used on
every device you log in on. Every user picks their own language.

![The story editor in Chinese](../../images/plugin-chineselocalization.png)

Only the interface is translated: menus, buttons, messages, the descriptions of template variables and macros. Your
books, lorebooks and prompts are not changed, and the text sent to the model stays whatever you wrote. A text that
has no Chinese translation yet is shown in English.

## Removing it

Unloading the extension takes the language away. Users who had chosen it see English until they pick another
language; their choice is kept and applies again when the extension is loaded.

## For developers

The extension is the example for adding a language: see
[Example plugin → Chinese localization](../../developer/plugins/example.md#walkthrough-chinese-localization).