Show foreign language labels in SPSS

For SPSS 15:

1. change the computer's language settings (on Windows).
2. start SPSS, and open the dataset.

For SPSS 16:

1. change the computer's language settings (on Windows).
2. start SPSS, but cancel the first window and do not open any datasets.
3. File -> New -> Syntax, then write in the syntax window

set locale=languagename.

Here, replace languagename with the language you want to use. For example,

set locale=Hebrew.

to change the language in SPSS to Hebrew.

4. In the Syntax Editor, select Run -> All
5. Open the dataset

The SPSS local setting will stay even after you quit SPSS. You can change it back by running a syntax,

set locale=English.

Here again, you can not have any non-empty data set open to reset the local language.

Also see Labels In Different Languages