Managing languages

With the Language Manager, you can define the languages used for localization and set a Make-Up Gain (volume offset) for each. You can also set the stand-in reference language. See Localizing your project. After a language is defined, you can add audio sources for it. See Importing language files.

The Language Manager queues all requested actions (Add, Remove, Rename, or set Make-Up Gain). Click OK or Cancel to execute or discard all pending actions respectively. After clicking OK, you are prompted to confirm the action.

	Caution
	These actions cannot be undone with Edit > Undo (Ctrl+Z). We recommend you back up your project before proceeding.

All languages defined in a project are listed in the Language Selector in the toolbar and in the Contents Editor for Sound Voice objects. See Switching to a different project language and Contents Editor: Sound Voice.

To open the Language Manager, from the Wwise menu bar, click Project > Language Manager (Shift+J).

Interface element	Description
	Right-click the table header to open the Configure Columns dialog where you can specify which columns to display and their order. See Using tables.
Language	The language name.
Make-Up Gain	The volume offset from -24 to +24 dB applied to the language's audio source. Default: 0. See Setting the Make-Up Gain.
Pending Actions	A pending action to be performed upon clicking OK. Can be Add, Rename, or Remove.
Reference language	The language used when importing a Sound Voice object into a project. Default: English(US). See Configuring the reference language.
Use reference language as stand-in	If enabled, and no audio source is available for the current language, then the audio source for the reference language is played. If disabled, and no audio source is available for the current language, then no audio is played.
	Opens the Add language dialog, where a new language can be defined and added. See Adding languages.
	Removes the selected language. See Removing languages.
	Opens the Rename language dialog. See Renaming languages.

Adding languages

Click Add.
In the Add Language dialog, enter a language name using any OS-supported characters.
Click OK.
The Pending Actions column is updated. To remove or rename the new language, select it and click the respective button. To cancel the action, click Cancel.
Click OK to execute any pending actions.
The Process Log might open with messages for the executed actions.

Removing languages

Select a language and click Remove.
If the language has the Pending Action Add, then it is removed immediately. Otherwise, it is marked Remove.
Click OK to execute any pending actions.
Depending on your project setup, a message might appear warning that corresponding audio files and plug-ins will be deleted, and the Process Log might open with messages for the executed actions.

Renaming languages

Select a language and click Rename.
In the Rename Language dialog, enter the new language name using any OS-supported characters.
Click OK.
The Pending Actions column is updated. If the language has the Pending Action Add, then it is renamed immediately. Otherwise, the language is marked Rename.
Click OK to execute any pending actions.
The Process Log might open with messages for the executed actions.

Configuring the reference language

Because some language files might not be available when you add a language, you can set a reference language as a substitute for languages that are not yet ready. The conversion settings associated with the reference language can also be used as default conversion settings for other imported language files.

Select a language from the Reference language list.
Use reference language as stand-in is enabled by default. This results in the inclusion of reference language audio files in SoundBanks for other languages that do not yet have a localized version of the file.
Click OK to execute any pending actions.
The Process Log opens with messages for the executed actions.

Setting the Make-Up Gain

If your localized assets contain dialogue from different studios with different actors and recording conditions, you can balance them and match the levels for each language.

The Make-Up Gain is the volume gain in decibels applied to the voice after all other volume adjustments. The make-up gain is additive across the Actor-Mixer Hierarchy. See Understanding the voice pipeline and Using Loudness Normalization or Make-up gain to Adjust Volume.

Select a language.
In the Make-up Gain column, use the slider to set a value from -24 to 24, or type it in.
Click OK to save the setting.
If the volume offset of some files differs from that of their language, a message box appears offering to conserve or overwrite the file offset. Click Conserve or Overwrite to continue.

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