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How do I get German language back in Thunderbird?

Some recent update has caused my Thunderbird (14.0 on Ubuntu 12.04) to revert to an English-language user interface. It used to be German before. My system is completely in German. German language support is fully installed in System Settings. thunderbird-locale-de is installed as well. I even tried to remove and reinstall this package, without any visible change. I also tried resetting general.useragent.locale to de-DE via Thunderbird’s own configuration editor. No change as well. How do I get my German interface back?

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The solution was actually very simple: The update had disabled the German locale extension within Thunderbird. So thunderbird-locale-de was present, but not enabled.

If you run into a similar issue, be sure to check Tools > Addons > Languages and click «Enable» on your language extension if necessary. After a restart, everything works fine.

German only is simple, as above. A greater difficulty is how to avoid the standard US version in favour of the UK version [the US guys want to force everybody to use their version].

I have a similar problem: residing in China, but speaking UK English. The main problem is the repositories: if the standard Ubuntu repositories are used, then only the US version can be installed. This means all emails are composed with USA spelling, not the desired UK spellings. [One would think a simple change in the config file is required to point to the language pack. But no, I could not find anything anywhere to customise TB to default to UK language and spelling.] My «solution» was to hack the install.

Before proceeding, readers should install «Synaptic» and be familiar with its menus and functions.

1/ get the latest release for the language you want.

1a/ Go to the Mozilla web page and download the language you want [UK in my case] from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all/

1b/ unpack the bz2 file to anywhere you want on your hardrive, example: \home\Tbird. [this results in many files and subdirectories]

2/ add the Mozilla ppa to Synaptic and update.

2b/ click Synaptic menu button «mark upgrades», then click «apply». Ths installs the latest TB release with all dependencies. [this ensures you get all the libs you need]

2c/ note: this results in a US version. the UK version is per step 3.

2d/ ensure TB is working after the above steps. [I had no troubles]

3/ find the installed TB files and overwrite them.

3a/ Ubuntu 16.10 installs the TB files in \usr\lib\thunderbird. [Ensure this applies to you]

3b/ copy all files/directories from \home\Tbird to \usr\lib\thunderbird and replace all files/directories.

3c/ you should have now the TB version you want [UK in my case].

4/ in Synaptic, uncheck the Mozilla ppa you added in step 1.

Why this works? Because TB is a stand-alone application package. Also, this hack enables anyone to install the very latest release [the repositories are often 2 releases out of date]. Hope this helps someone.

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Русификация Thunderbird

К сожалению, далеко не всегда программы устанавливаются с нужным языком, и иностранный перевод может все запутать. Время от времени с этим сталкиваются пользователи почтового клиента Mozilla. Но русификация Thunderbird осуществляется буквально в несколько действий.

Руководство

Собственно говоря, удалять программу не нужно, ведь есть гораздо более простой способ. Заключается он в смене настроек. И руководство в данном случае такое:

1. Открываем почтовый менеджер и кликаем ЛКМ по кнопке вызова меню.
2. Дважды нажимаем на пункт с именем Options («Настройки»).
3. На новой странице с параметрами переходим во вкладке («Дополнительные»).
4. Сразу же после открываем раздел General («Основные»).
5. Щелкаем мышкой по пункту SetAlternatives («Выбрать альтернативные…»).
6. Снизу нажимаем на серый блоки и открывшийся пункт.
7. Указываем подходящий перевод.

Кликаем на Add («Добавить»), а потом OK («ОК»).

И затем – по кнопке («Применить и перезагрузить»).

Завершение

Предложенный нами способ для смены языка в Thunderbird является самым простым в исполнении, ведь альтернативы требуют полной переустановки программы.

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How to Install and Use another Language in the Dictionary on Thunderbird

If you send messages in more than one language, you can install additional spell-checking dictionaries to Thunderbird. After installing a dictionary, it is easy to switch from one language to another.

Language dictionaries are available as Thunderbird add-ons. See the Thunderbird add-ons — frequently asked questions for more information.

Table of Contents

Install a new language dictionary

1. At the top of the Thunderbird window on the Menu Bar toolbar, click the Tools menu and select Settings In the menu bar, click the Thunderbird menu and select Settings At the top of the Thunderbird window on the Menu Bar toolbar, click the Edit menu and select Settings , or on the Mail Toolbar click the menu button and choose Settings .
2. Select the Composition panel, followed by the Spelling tab.
3. Click Download More Dictionaries, then click OK to close the dialog.
4. In the opened tab, scroll through the alphabetic list of dictionaries to find the one you want.
5. Click Download Dictionary next to the language of your choice. This will open the page of the selected dictionary in your browser.
6. In the opened page of the selected dictionary, click the green + Download Now button. A dialog will open.
7. Click the OK button to download and save the .xpi file to your computer.

Note: Most browsers have a default download location. Make a note of where it downloads to, and what it’s called.

In Thunderbird, click the menu button and click Add-ons , or select Tools > Add-ons .

Click the gear icon at the top-right corner to the left of the search box and then select Install Add-on From File…

Browse to the location of the .xpi file of the dictionary you have downloaded, select it, and click Open .

Click Install Now once the button is available.

Restart Thunderbird if prompted.

1. At the top of the Thunderbird window on the Menu Bar toolbar, click the Tools menu and select Settings In the menu bar, click the Thunderbird menu and select Settings At the top of the Thunderbird window on the Menu Bar toolbar, click the Edit menu and select Settings , or on the Mail Toolbar click the menu button and choose Settings .
2. Select the Composition panel, followed by the Spelling tab.
3. Click Download More Dictionaries, then click OK to close the dialog.
4. In the opened tab, scroll through the alphabetic list of dictionaries to find the one you want.
5. Click Download Dictionary next to the language of your choice.
6. In the opened page of the selected dictionary, click the green Add to Thunderbird button.
7. In the Software Installation window, click Install Now .
8. Restart Thunderbird if prompted.

That’s it! Your new dictionary is installed. To uninstall it, open the Add-ons Manager, find the dictionary on the Dictionaries or Extensions panel and click the Remove button next to it.

Switch between different languages

Select a language for one particular message

Right-click Hold down the control key while you click in the message you are writing and select a language in the Languages menu.

Set the default language for all messages

1. At the top of the Thunderbird window on the Menu Bar toolbar, click the Tools menu and select Settings In the menu bar, click the Thunderbird menu and select Settings At the top of the Thunderbird window on the Menu Bar toolbar, click the Edit menu and select Settings , or on the Mail Toolbar click the menu button and choose Settings .
2. Select the Composition panel, followed by the Spelling tab.
3. Select the desired language from the drop-down list.
4. Click OK to close the dialog.

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