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Why are parts of application in a different language? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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As you can see in the screenshot there are a couple of parts of the F-Droid application page in F-Droid that are in a different language. This isn't actually the first time I have seen this and is not limited to the F-Droid application. Currently it's just this one, but in the past I have had more apps than not displaying some or all of their content in a different language despite my phone being configured for English.

F-Droid application page with some text in a different language

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Direct link: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid

Are you in some kind of Arabic-speaking country, or using a VPN in one? Sometimes, localization is based on IP address.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No, I am not. I'm based in the US. I was wondering if it could be VPN related, but I haven't connected to a node anywhere outside of the US in months. My phones language is set to English (US) with no other languages selected, and I have explicitly set F-Droid's language to English (US) in my phone's configuration as well.

    I just now opened F-Droid after a reboot and without being connected to a VPN and began scrolling through latest and quickly found a random assortment of apps displaying the same way. None of them are installed though.

    F-Droid latest screenshot showing random apps displaying in foreign language

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    have you tried changing either/both to another variation of english? my phone has a plain “English” in addition to “English (US)”, and/or you may have a “(UK)” variant

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have, and that didn't seem to work. The Gitlab issue that the other user posted seems to be highly relevant because all of the users reporting an issue have the same phone that I do.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    interesting! i didn't see that comment at first. i see somebody mentioned in the issue thread that it doesn't occur in f-droid basic, so hopefully you can just use that in the meantime.

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