# How to set the language of an OET Template in the on-line Archetype Designer

**Category:** [Template Designer](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/template-designer/93)
**Created:** 2024-09-14 10:03 UTC
**Views:** 67
**Replies:** 4
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-set-the-language-of-an-oet-template-in-the-on-line-archetype-designer/5709

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## Post #1 by @linforest

How to set the language of an OET Template in the on-line [Archetype Designer](https://tools.openehr.org/designer)?  
My OET Template imported into the tool should have a language code "zh".  But actually it has "en".  So an Archetype with original_language "zh" cannot be used to build the Template content.  That is to say, the tool would stop importing it into the template.
Thanks.

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## Post #2 by @linforest

When trying to manually change the language tag from "en" to "zh" in the OET, the on-line Archetype Designer would add an additional language tag "en":

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><template xmlns="openEHR/v1/Template">
    <id>c1b1b68c-0504-47dc-8d1f-f24290d3f252</id>
    <name>...</name>
    <description>
        ...
        <other_details>
            ...
            <item>
                <key>original_language</key>
                <value>ISO_639-1::zh</value>
            </item>
            <item>
                <key>original_language</key>
                <value>ISO_639-1::en</value>
            </item>
        </other_details>
...
</template>
```

In addition, there is a language tag "en" displayed at the upper right conner on the template editing tab:

![image|415x153](upload://c1Ko66vxAgI0JxWi7WAr7jJbSsW.png)

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## Post #3 by @ian.mcnicoll

Hi Lin,

First of all, I would suggest that you try to convert your .oet templates to the Better native json templates - you should be able to Export as native json then re-import that. I think you will find things work a bit more cleanly. 

The rule (for both .oet and native) is that the template can only be 'zh' , if every archetype in the template is translated to 'zh'.

Now, of course, this is a lot of work but fortunately, you only need to create a 'zh' language section . So go to Terminology tab and add 'zh' as a language. This creates a pseudo-translation in the archetype ontology section, and once every archetype has that minimal 'zh' ontology, th'zh' will appearing the top-right corner.

Once that is done you can export an .opt that has 'zh' as a primary language.

Ian

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## Post #4 by @linforest

Thanks a lot, @ian.mcnicoll.  Very very helpful guidance in details.

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## Post #5 by @linforest

Hi, @ian.mcnicoll.  It works as you suggested:

![image|492x207](upload://IWGYs5INmEq98ADVCksLIN2QYQ.png)

Again, thank you so much! :grinning:

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