Change LaTeX caption language

Question

How could I change the default language so that I get something else instead of "Table" or "Figure" before my captions?

Suborbital

Do you want to change the language i.e English->Spanish or do you just want to specify what the caption says? – Volnay

Answer 1

You can redefine \figurename and \tablename by using \renewcommand. For example, you can do this for Swedish:

\renewcommand{\figurename}{Figur}
\renewcommand{\tablename}{Tabell}

Roid

Answer 2

\usepackage[francais]{babel}

Hepplewhite

Answer 3

You can change your document's language using babel package. The captions will be updated automatically.

As a bonus, you'll get the correct hyphenation for the chosen language.

Clung

All languages aren't available. I tried Swedish (both by specifying svenska and swedish), but it said it wasn't available. French worked though, by using francais. – Roid

@DonaldDuck: Perhaps you are using an outdated babel? This question reports that Swedish is available. – Clung

@​Vlad I'm sure it's not outdated, I just installed it. – Roid

@DonaldDuck: If you are using MikTeX, maybe you didn't install all the needed languages? – Clung

Answer 4

You can also redefine \tablename and \figurename.

Hepplewhite