Instrument names language
The language of instrument names is depending on application language. That's the very wrong decision. I'm Polish and I'm stuck with Italian names. That results with "Chitarra basso" or "Batteria" instead of "Bass Guitar" and "Drumset" (or instead of "Gitara basowa" and "Zestaw perkusyjny"). That also results with things like "V-ni" in place of "Vln. I" / "Vn 1", etc.
I understand that they use Italian names in classical music, but lots of pop/jazz/modern musicians use English (and even Polish in some cases) names. We should have an option to set the language for the score OR for the application OR to set it in the [Add or remove instruments]/[Choose Instruments] window. And maybe the list of instruments should be user defined (with an easy option to load/save to file)?
For now I need to set the app language to English to create the score I want, or even to find the correct instrument :/ . Unexperienced users/musicians will not like it.
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Did you find a solution? I have an opposite problem - I would like to switch from English to Italian for instrument names.
In reply to Did you find a solution? I… by mj_mikulski
I reported this issue few days ago: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/25689#issue-2706465409. Do you think that these are linked? Anyway, this is a really nice bug. If you wanted to learn Italian, now is the time to begin, lol.
"The language of instrument names is depending on application language. That's the very wrong decision. "
I don't understand. The instruments are translated in every language available. What you are reporting is a bug in the Polish version. If you change the language of the application, the instrument are shown in the chosen language. Italian is not the default language for the instruments name.
In the attached, Spanish version instruments names.
In reply to "The language of instrument… by dj frank rose
The Polish translatorss decided to go with Italian instrument names, so not a bug
In reply to The Polish translatorss… by Jojo-Schmitz
Why this decision? Interesting...
In reply to Why this decision?… by dj frank rose
Ask the translators
In reply to The Polish translatorss… by Jojo-Schmitz
It depends on convention. If I write classical piece for the orchestra, I use Italian names. If I write anything modern, I use English names.
In fact I'm on Dorico and Sibelius, and I also can use English language for MuseScore when I rarely work in it. But students or musicians with less experience choose Polish language and then they're sticked to Italian names. And that's bad both for MuseScore and for them.
Wouldn't it be better option to choose instruments' language convention independently of system/program language...?
In reply to It depends on convention. If… by kamilbaranski1
"Wouldn't it be better option to choose instruments' language convention independently of system/program language...?"
Of course, indeed this was already requested: check https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/19071#issue-1853410761.
In reply to "Wouldn't it be better… by dj frank rose
Great :)