<![CDATA[Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian]]>I'm an old Firefox veteran trying to learn how to use Opera.

This morning I tried to use Opera to get driving instructions from Google Maps but the instructions appeared in what looks like Russian.

0_1540491941627_Russian characters in Google Maps driving directions.jpg

[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/NE+145th+St+Fwy+Station,+Seattle,+WA+98125,+Сполучені+Штати/Eastgate+Park+and+Ride,+Bellevue,+WA+98007,+Сполучені+Штати+Америки/@47.6556243,-122.3781937,11z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x549011168bb25013:0xe78bdcdafd0ebb17!2m2!1d-122.3249873!2d47.7325111!1m5!1m1!1s0x54906ea70059d209:0xf837b193895677fb!2m2!1d-122.1513476!2d47.5805939](link url)

I suspect this may be somehow related to the fact that I'm experimenting with using Opera's built in VPN. Could that be it?

I'd be grateful for help figuring out how to get those directions to display in English. I think it's probably a little late in the game for me to try to learn Russian just to be able to drive around my home town.

Will in Seattle a.k.a. "Clueless"
Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]
Opera Version: 56.0.3051.52

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/29345/google-maps-driving-instructions-displayed-in-russianRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 12:05:47 GMTThu, 25 Oct 2018 18:39:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:32:39 GMT]]>Ukrainian, Russian, sometimes Swedish or Norwegian, what's the difference? I don't read either one of them.
I'm located in the US, I have set the VPN to "Americas", my exit server is located in Virginia and I don't need ads in all those languages. The only solution is to turn off VPN. Thanks to Opera for nothing!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157618https://forums.opera.com/post/157618Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:32:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:09:56 GMT]]>It is ukranian, not russian...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157576https://forums.opera.com/post/157576Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:09:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:37:43 GMT]]>@clueless-in-seattle Most of the google related sites and widgets probably see your location as UA . So Ukrainian (Українська). But leocg's suggestion works if you select мова toward bottom of main menu of google maps to change language.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157575https://forums.opera.com/post/157575Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:37:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:26:20 GMT]]>When I check https://www.ip2location.com I always see an IP address in Ashburn, VA. Is that the exit server?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157574https://forums.opera.com/post/157574Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:26:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:21:27 GMT]]>Not exactly. Anyway, can't you just change the page's language?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157573https://forums.opera.com/post/157573Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:21:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:15:15 GMT]]>@clueless-in-seattle said in Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian:

That's a bummer. ☹

Kind of defeats the purpose of a VPN, doesn't it?

When you use a VPN, the target website sees your viewing request as coming from the VPN server's exit portal, wherever that may physically be. If a website looks up the IP 'location' of a visitor for purposes of customizing its responses in various ways for that visitor, you may then get a website response in the language related to the 'listed location' of the VPN's exit portal. In other cases, you may get webpage ads, news blurbs, etc that are regionally relevant for the apparent exit portal location. Moreover, the 'location' of an IP in the various lookup listings can be significantly different from its actual physical location, which can add confusion to the whole situation. If this presents a problem for a user, they are usually better off not utilizing a VPN for such sites.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157572https://forums.opera.com/post/157572Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:15:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:01:54 GMT]]>That's a bummer. ☹

Kind of defeats the purpose of a VPN, doesn't it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157571https://forums.opera.com/post/157571Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:01:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:23:23 GMT]]>I've had that problem (and many others related to VPN) ever since Opera introduced it. The only remedy for that is to turn off Opera VPN completely. Sad but true!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157570https://forums.opera.com/post/157570Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:23:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google maps driving instructions displayed in Russian on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:41:03 GMT]]>Yes, it is.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157555https://forums.opera.com/post/157555Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:41:03 GMT