I’ve created a Discourse for usage by a global network of activists. Most of us speak fluent English, but some speak only a little. Is there a way for me, as an admin, to change a user’s interface language for them? I’ve looked through the admin controls, and I don’t see this is possible. My alternative is to create a visual worksheet with a series of marked up screenshots, which I’d rather avoid. Thank you.

[image] anon23840344: Is there a way for me, as an admin, to change a user’s interface language for them? You can visit their profile and modify their preferences. If you search the site settings, you’'ll find set locale from accept language header which should obviate the need for you to fuss with people’s preferences. (Oh, it says “anonymous users”, so maybe it doesn’t quite do what I thought.)

Thanks for replying. I think you mean these two settings: [Screen Shot 2020-08-18 at 16.48.42] I’ve enabled both, but it’s not helping. The login page is shown in the user’s browser’s language, but every other page is shown in default/English. They then must click their avatar, a downward pointing caret, a “preferences” tab, an “interface” tab, a “language” dropdown, search for their language, click their choice, click the “save” button, and then refresh their browser. That’s a lot of steps!

Darn. Sorry. Well, then you can just take those same steps, starting from their profile page. I’m surprised that there isn’t a way for the locale to default to the browser one, but it must be harder to to that than I think, otherwise, I think it would be in place already.

Where are your users coming from?

US, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Russia.

A solution has been found. Previously I was clicking hamburger, admin, users, USERNAME, and it took me to /admin/users/INDEX/USERNAME, where I saw a list of many settings for the user, but nothing about their preferred language. But instead, I’m apparently supposed to click onward from that page on show public profile, preferences, interface, and it takes me to /u/USERNAME/preferences/interface, and there I can set the user’s interface language. Thank you.

Possible for admins set users' language for them?

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anon23840344 August 19, 2020, 12:12am 5

I can take those ten steps, but can I instruct someone else to do so, over email, and in another language? It seems like I’m missing something here.

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