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My computer installs updates and changes various settings to Chinese each time. This time the update changed everything to Chinese. Every set of instructions I can find begins: Go to Settings and select the options.
The problem is that I do not read Chinese and the only English I see is the word "Windows".
The Microsoft and third party topics I can find assume that the Settings are in a known language.
How do I change the settings when every word is in a language I don't read, using letters I cannot type in a translator? The drop down menus that appear to list language options use Chinese characters only.
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Hello , sorry about your problems. My name is Marco.
I have seen that you have solved the problem.
There is another trick too if you can't translate.
If you have a cell phone, download the application "google translate" and in photo mode you can translate the texts live.
This is a small workaround.
Found it (Windows 11)
Open Settings
Look for Globe icon with clockface on lower left (Time & Language)
In that menu look for globe with letter characters on it (Language & Region)
The first menu option at the top of the right hand panel is the system language setting (Box with rounded corners over bar)
Click the drop down menu on the far right and select language (US English was in English in this menu). Select the language you want and click on it.
It would be nice to have instructions that don't begin: Read menus written in an unknown language to find the setting you need.
