Re: [Gimp-user] OSX Change program language of GIMP

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

GIMP uses the system language on bootup. Once you've started GIMP, go to
the preferences, and change the language from System to English.

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 1:13 AM, robcubbon <forums gimpusers com> wrote:

> Hello, I want to use GIMP in English. I'm using Mac OS 10.11.6 (15G1611) El
> Capitan.
>
> I've just downloaded GIMP. I'm in Thailand but I downloaded Gimp with a VPN
> pretending I'm in the UK.
>
> And as soon as it loads you can see there's an issue with language.
>
> Please see attachment.
>
> I have combed the internet for solutions.
>
> This doesn't work
> http://www.ekenberg.se/blog/change-gimp-interface-language-on-mac/
> tried this in contents/MacOS/GIMP:
> echo "Launching GIMP..."
> export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> $EXEC "$bundle_contents/MacOS/$name-bin" "$@" $EXTRA_ARGS
>
> tried everything here
> http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-user/18561-choice-of-language
> edited gimprc – still doesn't work
>
> even changing language in preferences and guessing the English choices
> doesn't
> work.
>
> Please does someone know another solution.
>
> I want to make a course about how to make money selling tshirt designs on
> Amazon. I would like to empower people to do this and I don't want them to
> spend
> money on Photoshop (anyway they won't because they couldn't afford it). So
> I'm
> really keen to get GIMP to work.
>
>
>
> Attachments:
> * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/675/
> original/Screen_Shot_2017-09-09_at_12.08.36.png
>
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