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    Can't change UI language. No option "Display opera in that language"

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    • trsword52
      trsword52 last edited by

      Create create folders, select edit launcher to provide desktop.
      Type opera %U --lang=(your lang) in the command line and save it.
      With this shortcut you have created on your desktop, the transponders are opened in Opera Your Lang
      Example:
      Type opera %U --lang=tr

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      • josegjimenez
        josegjimenez last edited by

        Greetings to all, I solved it by renaming the file en-US.pak to en-US_bak.pak and then I renamed the file es.pak to en-US.pak and I now have opera in Spanish

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        • josegjimenez
          josegjimenez @josegjimenez last edited by

          @josegjimenez ubuntu:

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          • bilalerdiyildiz
            bilalerdiyildiz last edited by

            Hello,
            I use Fedora 38 Workspace (Gnome). I have tried all the solutions here, but there is no solution. Opera One is still in default language. Is there any other method other than these that I should do?

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            • tobiasitalo
              tobiasitalo last edited by leocg

              [Hello,
              Neither in the stable version nor in the dev version am I successful in carrying out the procedures I found on the internet (and those in this forum as well).]

              [For example, access the settings and set Portuguese as the preferred language.]

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              [My Operating System is in Portuguese natively.

              Below are the versions I'm currently using of the OS and Opera (with all updates available to date):]

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              • tobiasitalo
                tobiasitalo @tobiasitalo last edited by

                @tobiasitalo

                Acabei de revisar as configurações de região e idioma e estão todas em português do Brasil.

                [I just reviewed the region and language settings and they are all in Brazilian Portuguese.]

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                • LogoJorge
                  LogoJorge @josegjimenez last edited by

                  @josegjimenez this method is very good, thank you. but some distributions have different location
                  for Mx Linux (debian based) path is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/localization/

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                  • HomeStudiocz
                    HomeStudiocz @LogoJorge last edited by

                    @logojorge me change language in menu metod. when opera update everytime my nation language Snímek obrazovky pořízený 2024-01-20 17-39-02.png

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                    • smitharro
                      smitharro @the-codifier last edited by

                      @the-codifier said in Can't change UI language. No option "Display opera in that language":

                      Re: Can't change UI language

                      I had the same issue when I recently installed Opera Stable on Fedora 36 KDE. My native language is spanish, so I will use this language on this tutorial. Probably it will work for all Linux distros.

                      1. Go to this route on your File Manager /usr/share/applications
                      2. In this route, you find many files with .desktop extension. These are the icons you use to open the programs. Find the Opera Browser one (usually called opera.desktop)
                      3. Right click on it and open with your favorite text editor (I use Kate in KDE)
                      4. The first section must look like these
                      [Desktop Entry]
                      Version=1.0
                      Name=Opera
                      GenericName=Web browser
                      Comment=Fast and secure web browser
                      TryExec=opera
                      Exec=opera %U
                      Terminal=false
                      Icon=opera
                      

                      Locate the line Exec
                      5. Add the text lang=your language after the word opera. Example for spanish

                      Exec=opera --lang=es %U
                      
                      1. Write the --lang flag in all places where you find Exec on the file
                      2. Save the changes on file. Probably the text editor claim you for the super user (root) password. Type it.
                      3. Double click on Opera icon. Your browser now opens on the language you selected.

                      The reason of this is: Opera is charged with all the languages, but the instruction that launches must be declared with the flag --lang to be opened on the language you want.

                      I hope I have been helpful.

                      Thanks, though the topic is old, in my case it was helpfull and it worked!

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                      • LukKi-One
                        LukKi-One last edited by

                        Hi

                        it's much easier as discribed.
                        In this case Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3
                        Opera Flatpak Version

                        Got to your Startmenu all your way to the entry of the opera browser
                        right-click it an go on properties and add "-lang=Your Language ID"
                        as you can see in the screenshot below and your are done without messing with folders

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                        • rewers79
                          rewers79 last edited by

                          On Ubuntu:

                          • close opera

                          • open terminal

                          cp /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
                          
                          nano ~/.local/share/applications/opera.desktop
                          
                          • change the line:
                            Exec=opera %U
                            to:
                            Exec=opera --lang=[language_code] %U
                            where: [language_code] is example: pl

                          • save and close the file

                          • open opera 😉

                          • enjoy

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                          • Raffidafi
                            Raffidafi last edited by

                            same hier !?!?

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                            • pici1251
                              pici1251 last edited by

                              I found a solution for my environment:

                              • I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
                              • Opera rel. 114.0.5282.21 (snap version)
                                I added --lang=it (my preferred language) to the command line used by opera launcher
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                                Great: it works fine!!!😁 😁 😁

                              Now I will test Ubuntu 24.04.4 over my laptop and over VMVirtualMachine, but I'm optimist ...

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                              • pici1251
                                pici1251 last edited by

                                I just tested over VMVirtalBox - 24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat) 64-bit:

                                OK!!! it works 😁 😁 😁

                                Bye

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                                • yokoopera
                                  yokoopera @pici1251 last edited by

                                  @pici1251

                                  many thanks!

                                  I edited the file with an editor and was able to change the language.

                                  /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/opera_opera.desktop
                                  😁 😁 😁

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                                  • rewers79
                                    rewers79 @yokoopera last edited by

                                    @yokoopera - always work on a copy of the activator

                                    cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/opera_opera.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
                                    
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                                    • Referenced by  leocg leocg 
                                    • ThePhoenix-90
                                      ThePhoenix-90 last edited by

                                      Can't still change the language except for the method submitted earlier... Did you have any plan to let us do it from the Opera Settings?

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