VIA-IS in French, Danish, Farsi & Japanese

Thanks to the generosity of translators from around the globe  -  Eoin Gaynard and Nad Phillips (French);  Ebbe Lavendt, Lene Thomsen and Ulla Schade (Danish); Ali Atashroo, Mansour Khajehpour, Hormoz Shariat, and Iran Alive Ministries (Farsi); and Kaori Uno (Japanese) -  the VIA Institute is pleased to offer the adult VIA Survey of Character in French,  Danish, Farsi and Japanese. To access the version you wish,  please set your browser to the language of your choice, then enter the Survey Center. Beginning on the Registration page, the instructions and the VIA-IS will appear in the language of your choice,  as will your free results report (so far, the expanded VIA Interpretive Report is available in English only).

Changing Your Browser Language

Note on French: The survey will work any version of French you select (Canada, France, Switzerland, etc.).

FIREFOX
To change the language on Firefox,  go to the top of the browser window and click on:
Tools > Options > Click "Content" tab, and at bottom of that window, under "Languages," click Choose. Using "Select a language to add," scroll to French [fr], Danish [da], Farsi [fa] or Japanese [ja]   and click Add.
Highlight the new language and use the Move Up button to put that language at the top of the list. Click OK

To return to your original language upon completion of the VIA, follow the same path, and move your original language back up to the top of the list.

INTERNET EXPLORER
To change the language on Internet Explorer, go to the top of the browser window and click on:
Tools > Internet Options > General tab > Languages > Add>Select the language you wish > OK.
In the Language Preferences list, highlight the new language and use the Move Up button to put it at the top of the list.

To return to your original language upon completion of the VIA, follow the same path, and move your original language back up to the top of the list.

MAC OS-X Ver. 10.5  Leopard (Source:Mac user discussion board)
Open System Preferences and click on the International Icon (the flag). Check that the language you want is in the list on the left-hand side, then drag it to the top of the list.  If it isn't, then edit the list and add it in and ensure that it is at the top of the list. When you next log in the changes should take effect..

If you have any problems, please e-mail Senior Editor Linda Parker.