How to switch between traditional and simplified chinese

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How to switch between traditional and simplified chinese

Hi fam,

I am using Traditional Characters on my Mac Pro 2021 (installed the language, next to German/English), and like to convert them sometimes into Simplified Characters or vice versa. Like on the iPhone 11 that I'm using. You just mark the text and then swap the characters, it is brilliant.

Now, this guide says how, but both ways do not work. Can anyone help?

PS: Simplified are not installed on my Mac; I like to 1-tab cap locks-key to switch between German and Tr.Chin., this is why I didn't (In case this is relevant)

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Jan 7, 2022 5:49 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 7, 2022 7:29 AM in response to Luca_Lemon

What app do you have this problem in?

For me, using TextEdit (or here in Safari), there is no problem typing guo 國 , then selecting it, and going to the "flag" menu and down to Convert Text to Simplified Chinese, and it becomes 国。

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Luca_Lemon Author

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Jan 10, 2022 3:13 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hi Tom,

thank you, that was a great indicator - I'm using Evernote, it does not work here. However, with your help, I figured it out for Safari， Google Chrome, and Word. ✅

Is there a way to activate it for other apps like Evernote as well, or is that just a lack of the developers?

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 10, 2022 4:28 AM in response to Luca_Lemon

Luca_Lemon wrote:

Is there a way to activate it for other apps like Evernote as well, or is that just a lack of the developers?

The app developer has to do it.

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How to switch between traditional and simplified chinese

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