B/side
Starting out

The editor's language

Which languages B/side speaks, how it picks one from your browser, and how to choose another under View ▸ Language.

Display Source Monitor Reviewer Mode Language… Language As this browser is set Deutsch English (US) English (UK) Deutsch Français Español (Latinoamérica) Português (Brasil) 日本語 한국어
View ▸ Language, with every language listed in its own name

B/side opens in the language your browser asks for. It speaks:

  • English, spelt the American way in the United States and the British way everywhere else
  • Deutsch
  • Français
  • Español (Latinoamérica), which is also what a browser set to Spanish from Spain gets
  • Português (Brasil), which is also what a browser set to Portuguese from Portugal gets
  • 日本語
  • 한국어

If your browser lists several languages, the first one B/side speaks wins. A browser set to a language that is not on the list opens in American English.

Choosing another

Open View ▸ Language…. Every language is listed in its own name, so you can find yours whatever the editor is showing now. Choose one and the editor reloads in it. As this browser is set goes back to following the browser.

The choice is for this browser. Your cuts, bins, notes and keyboard are not changed. Names are not translated either: a bin called "Day 3" stays "Day 3" in every language, and so does anything a collaborator typed.

What stays in English

  • Key names and shortcuts: V is V in every language.
  • Format and codec names, and units: AAF, ProRes, LUFS.
  • The Early Access Agreement, the referral commission terms and the trademark notice. A translation of a legal text is a legal text of its own, so these are only in English.
  • What a problem report sends to support, so the people reading it see the same words you were shown.
Every illustration here is drawn, not screenshotted: a screenshot of a build from three weeks ago is confidently wrong and nobody can tell by looking.
Something missing or out of date? Say so in the editor — Help ▸ Report a problem.

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