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Jul 3, 2010
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Hello,

I was wondering if there are ways to split the preferences of Language and Text on Macs. I'm operating on Snow Leopard and I was hoping to have situations where I can isolate certain applications to certain languages.

I.e. - Open web browser in 日本語 (region + language settings = Japan/Japanese) while at the same time I could also be working on my word processor in Italiano (region + language settings = Italy/Italian).

Is there any application for this? Mainly in helping to split language preferences for alternate applications or maybe even alternate windows in one application.
 
If it's only about the Input Source, you can go to the Input Sources preferences and select "Allow a different one for each application".
 
Perfect. Yes, this was what I was looking for: Language switcher. Mainly for the browsers - I'm trying more to immerse my environment in a foreign language and Google Chrome automatically adjusts to the region and has options to translate from any language to the regional language.

ergdegdeg: thanks, this is also good as well, the program doesn't affect the language input. So i can have different applications set to different inputs.
 
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