Adding Languages to Chromebooks

 

Enter this address into the browser: chrome://settings/languages

 

A window called “Languages and input” will open, and two languages (English (United States) and English) will be displayed.

 

Click the Add button (bottom left)

 

An “Add language” mini window will appear.

 

Click the down arrow and select Japanese - 日本語

 

(Note: For our Chinese students, this will be Chinese (Simplified) - 中文 (筒体).)

 

Click OK.

 

On the right side of the window, look for the Input Method section.

 

Check the Google Japanese Input (for US keyboard) box.

 

A Configure box will appear, but the presets are what we want.  No need to click this. (I’m not sure about whether Wen will feel the same for Chinese. We plan to meet on Friday 9/29 to walk through the process)

 

Click Done.  Close the window.

 

Now, you should see the language button (marked US) in the bar at the bottom right of the home screen.

 

The toggle for switching between languages is “Control-Shift-Space”.  Toggle until you get to あ (The language options will be US, INTL and あ).  Alternatively, you can click on the language button and make a selection each time you want to switch languages, but this is cumbersome!