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Chapter 25
Languages, countries and currency
Forty languages for the text, and a separate country choice for the stores, the unit and the currency. Two things, not one.
Language and country are two things
That sounds like a detail, but it is not. Country sets the stores, prices and currency. Independent of the interface language.
A Dutch person in Germany wants the tool in Dutch, but sheets from OBI and Hornbach with German prices. An American who reads German wants inches and dollars. That is why the two are separate.
| Setting | Decides |
|---|---|
| Language | The language of every text: buttons, messages, the cut list, the labels and the PDF. |
| Country | Which stores are in the library, which sheet sizes are common, which unit is the default and in which currency prices appear. |
| Unit | Only how sizes are displayed. You may set it independently of your country. See Sizes and units. |
The languages
The tool exists in forty languages. You choose one with the globe at the top right, or in Settings under Language. The choice is remembered.
Dutch, English and German have their own address: zaaglab.nl, cutlistlab.com and cutlistlab.com/de. The other languages run on cutlistlab.com with ?lang= appended, for instance ?lang=fr for French.
The countries
Five countries have a real sheet library, with stores, sizes and prices that we refresh every night.
| Country | Stores | Unit and currency |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | Gamma, Praxis, Hornbach, Karwei, Hubo | mm, euro |
| United States | Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards | inch, dollar |
| Germany | OBI, Bauhaus, Hornbach, Toom, Hagebau | mm, euro |
| Austria | Hornbach, OBI, Bauhaus, Hagebau, Lagerhaus | mm, euro |
| Switzerland | Hornbach, Jumbo, Coop Bau+Hobby, Bauhaus, OBI | mm, Swiss franc |
For the other countries there is no store catalogue. The tool still knows the right unit and currency, but you enter your sheets yourself. That works just as well; you only miss the prices. See The material library.