Languages
Which language the app speaks to you in, and which language the AI writes your material in.
Two languages are in play: the interface's, and the one the AI writes your material in. Most people only set one, but you can split them.
Two things, one setting#
Language in the account menu (on the iPhone, in Settings) sets both. Change it and the menus and buttons change, and so does everything the AI writes from then on. It is kept on your account, so the web and the iPhone follow the same choice.
Setting a language on a subject or a board changes only what the AI writes. The interface always follows your account.
The ladder#
What the AI writes in is decided at three levels, strongest first:
| Level | Where you set it | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Board | The board's bar, at the right of the row under it, beside its section and column count | That one board |
| Subject | The subject dashboard header, beside its board and section counts | Every board in the subject without its own |
| Account | Language in the account menu | Everything else, and the interface |
On the web, the board and subject settings are small pills showing the language in force. Each pill's menu has a row saying where that comes from, such as Same as your account · English (AU). Pick that row to clear the setting.
On the iPhone they are the Written in row of a subject's or a board's menu. Press and hold a subject or board on the home screen, use the options button on a subject's screen, or press and hold a board in the index and choose Board options.
A new board can have its language before anything is written: the Written in pill under the name in the New board window, or on the iPhone's Build with AI screen. The board keeps it.
A board with no language of its own follows its subject, and a subject follows your account. A setting governs what is written from now on; nothing already written changes. On a subject or board shared with you, only its owner can change the language.
Uma vitrine com preços é uma oferta?
Não — é um convite a contratar (Fisher v Bell).
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Which English you get#
There are four choices: English (AU), English (UK), English (US) and Português (BR). Each is named in its own language.
Until you choose, your browser decides (on the iPhone, your phone's language):
en-US gets American spelling and every other English gets British, including
en-CA and a plain en. A language picked on the mysummaries.app website carries
into the web app in that browser, unless your account already has one. English
(AU) and English (UK) are currently identical.
If you have never chosen a language, the web app writes your material in the language it picked for your browser, and the iPhone app in the one it picked for your phone.
Portuguese#
Português (BR) is a full translation of the interface, not just a spelling variant.
When a board or subject is set to Portuguese, the AI writes in Portuguese even when your notes are in English. So an English board pinned to Portuguese produces Portuguese cards, papers, lectures and stations.
Portuguese from Portugal is not offered yet. A pt-PT browser or phone gets the Brazilian version.
Translating#
There is no convert-in-place. To get a board in another language, make a copy. Open Move or copy this board: the folder button on the board's row in the subject index (the dashboard's Index tab, or the index that drops down from the board's name on its bar), or on a loose board's tile on the home page. On a board shared with you it is Copy to my subject, on the bar. Choose Copy, and set Write it in to the language you want. The button changes to Translate and copy here.
Translating a board needs a paid plan. On a free account you are asked to upgrade before anything is copied. A copy in the same language is free.
The name is filled in for you, for example "Offer and acceptance — Português (BR)", or you can type your own. The name filled in for you is translated with the notes; a name you type is kept as you typed it. The copy opens straight away, and its bar counts the translation as it goes, beside the language. Headings and text are translated; pictures, and any text read from them, are left as they are.
The original is never touched.
- Vitrine — convite a contratar, não oferta: Fisher v Bell
- Anúncio — em geral também é convite, salvo se a redação for uma promessa que qualquer um pode aceitar: Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
- Revogação antes da aceitação, comunicada ao destinatário
- Rejeição, ou uma contraproposta
- Decurso do prazo, ou morte de uma das partes
Uma contraproposta extingue a oferta original, que não pode mais ser aceita (Hyde v Wrench). Um pedido de informação não é contraproposta (Stevenson v McLean).
| Produz efeito | Quando |
|---|---|
| Aceitação — na postagem | O correio é um meio razoável e a carta está corretamente endereçada e selada: Adams v Lindsell |
| Revogação — no recebimento | Sempre: uma revogação postada antes ainda chega tarde demais: Byrne v Van Tienhoven |
The copy holds only the translated notes, and is set to its new language. Your deck, papers, lectures, stations and Must not miss core stay with the original; what you generate on the copy is written in the new language.
To translate in place, edit a section, open Edit with AI on the toolbar above it, and choose Translate, then the language. It translates what you have highlighted, or the whole section if nothing is. You see the change first, and choose Apply or Discard.
Copying and translating are on the web only; the iPhone app has neither.
The oral examiner#
The viva follows the same ladder, on the web and the iPhone: the board's language, else its subject's, else your account's. The station, the examiner's marking and the spoken feedback are all in that language.