# New product languages (English and Chinese) in Tableau Desktop 2019.2 and newer

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2020-01-10
- **Format:** Video · 1 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Tool strategy
- **Tools:** Tableau (desktop)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/new-product-languages-english-and-chinese-in-tableau-desktop-2019-2-and-newer
- **Watch:** https://www.youtu.be/RgkYKJBKTsk

In this brief video I show the new product language options added in Tableau Desktop 2019.2, including UK English and traditional Chinese alongside the existing American English. I walk through enabling them via the Help menu's language settings.

## Key takeaways

- Tableau 2019.2 adds UK English and traditional Chinese as product language options.
- Language settings are found under the Help menu in Tableau Desktop.
- To change language, select it, click OK, then close and reopen Tableau for it to take effect.
- Switching back is just as simple: reselect your preferred language and restart the product.

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/new-product-languages-english-and-chinese-in-tableau-desktop-2019-2-and-newer

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