Japanese Maya overview

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A Japanese user interface for Maya is available for users working on computers that support a Japanese environment on Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. (Not available for Linux operating systems.)

To run Maya with a Japanese user interface on Windows, ensure that:

the computer is operating using either a Maya qualified Japanese Windows operating system or a Maya qualified Windows operating system with Japanese language support. If you are unsure how your computer’s operating system is configured, please contact you company’s system administrator or Microsoft technical support.
the default language for non-Unicode programs is set to Japanese. For more information on setting the default language setting on a Windows operating system, see Run Maya with a Japanese user interface.

To run Maya with a Japanese user interface on Mac OS X, ensure that:

the computer is operating using a Maya qualified Mac OS X operating system.
the personal system language preference is set to Japanese. For more information on setting the default language setting on a Mac OS X operating system, see Run Maya with a Japanese user interface.
NoteRefer to www.autodesk.com/qual-charts for the most up to date information on qualified hardware and operating systems for running Maya.

Be aware of the following issues that relate to the different language user interfaces of Maya:

If Japanese Maya text files (.ma, .mel) are to be used on other hardware platforms and operating systems, you may need to convert them to the text encoding appropriate for the destination platform (for instance, Shift_JIS or UTF 8). For more information, see Prepare Maya files containing Japanese text.
Maya only supports object names entered as single byte characters (ASCII, or plain Western text).
Maya user preferences cannot be shared between its two language user interfaces.