# Language handler question

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/language-handler-question/7205>\
**Category:** Ruby API\
**Created:** [February 16, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/language-handler-question/7205 "2015-02-16T14:53:37Z")\
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> [@villares](#):
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> Sketchup.get\_locale() returned en-US

Will always return the locale of the language version of SketchUp you installed. If you want to test your strings you can follow these instructions: [Localized Strings · Issue #45 · SketchUp/sketchup-stl · GitHub](https://github.com/SketchUp/sketchup-stl/issues/45#issuecomment-10819945)  
(We need to document that better.)

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