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How to use multiple languages in your Table Ordering App (1st generation)

Show your menu in English, Korean, Japanese, or Chinese

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Written by Lucien Hopkinson

Quick answer: The 1st generation Table Ordering app can show English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. In the Menu Design page on Nomni Console, add translations for tab names, menu buttons and product names, then save. Dockets still print in the original language. Then follow the steps below.

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About

The Nomni POS Table Ordering app can be used in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
You can add multiple languages to your products so customers using the app in Chinese, for example, will see the product names and descriptions in Chinese.
​Note: the docket will still print out in its original language (i.e. English, if your original product names are in English).
You'll need to change it in three places:

  • Tabs

  • Menu button

  • Individual product page


Set the Tab Translation

  1. In your Menu Design Page on Nomni Console, click Tab Configuration

    click Tab Configuration
  2. Select the language you want to create alternative tab names for

    Select the language you want to create alternative tab names for
  3. Enter your alternative tab names in the chosen language

  4. Save

Save

This is the part that you are changing:


Set the Menu Button Translation

  1. In your Menu Design Page on Nomni Console, click the pencil button to edit a product

    Nomni POS Console Table Ordering Menu Design with the pencil button highlighted
  2. Select the language you want to create an "alternative label" for.

  3. Enter your alternative label in the chosen language

    Select the language you want to create an 'alternative label' for
  4. Save


Set the Product Name Translation

  1. Go to Products > Products Nomni Console page , Edit your Products and go to Advanced

    Go to Products > Products Nomni Console page , Edit your Products and go to Advanced
  2. Scroll down to Multilingual, and click Add New Property

  3. Select a language

  4. Enter the product name in that language

    Nomni POS Console product name translation field
  5. (OPTIONAL) You may also add a short description to appear in the Table Ordering app. A full description can be uploaded for the POS.

  6. Save


Selecting available languages

  1. Press the top right corner of the Table Ordering app to access its settings

  2. Press English

  3. Select the languages that you want to be available for your customers

    The languages you select will appear in the top half of the popup window as language options.

  4. Press outside of the window to close it, and press the top right corner to exit the settings


Selecting a language to use

  1. Press English

  2. Select the language you want to use the app in

  3. The menu tabs, menu buttons, and products will be changed according to the alternative names you have set up.


Need help?

Email support@nomni.ai or call 1300 445 483.

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