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title: "Change a word or phrase"
slug: "change-a-word-or-phrase"
tags: ["Site Administrator", "How-to", "Totara Platform"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:00:58Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:00:58Z
canonical: "totara.help/change-a-word-or-phrase"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Change a word or phrase

The language editing interface allows you to easily change any word or phrase used within the site. For example, you may want to change the word 'Course' to 'Area'. When editing languages you can also check for untranslated words in specific areas of the system.

1. Navigate to *Quick-access menu > Localisation > Language customisation*.
2. Choose a language pack to change.
3. Click **Open language pack for editing**.
4. Once the language pack has loaded, click **Continue**.
5. Complete the **Filter strings** form to locate the text you are looking for. See the [Language filter strings](/totara-20/docs/language-filter-strings) page for details on the available filters.
6. Select **Show strings** to show the component name where the string was found.
7. Enter the new word or phrase in the **Local customisation** field.
8. Select **Apply changes and continue editing** to make further changes, or click **Save changes to the language pack** to save all updates.

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![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_localisation.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A42%3A04Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A42%3A04Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=E9pnxGA%2BKLJ2ax9rjoRnshv3WYy1BPOfUNIUYRxXXEc%3D)The Totara Academy has a course dedicated to [Localisation](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=568) in Totara. Here you can learn more on how to localise your system, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

Join the [Totara Community](https://totara.community/) for more resources to help you get the most out of Totara.

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