[Stata] How to Change Language in Stata

This post covers how to change user-interface language in Stata.

1. GUI

Select Edit > Preferences > User-interface language.

A new window will open and you can select the language that you prefer.

A restart of Stata is required for the change to be effective.

2. Command

You can also use the set locale_ui command to change the interface language.

Below is the list of the command for each supported language.

#System default
set locale_ui default

#English
set locale_ui en

#Spanish
set locale_ui es

#Japanese
set locale_ui ja

#Korean
set locale_ui ko

#Swedish
set locale_ui sv

#Chinese (Simplified)
set locale_ui zh_CN

As with the GUI method, a restart of Stata is required.