Thursday, 31 December 2015

Correcting language reported by chrome to other websites

I was having many problems where Google Chrome would report the wrong language to websites that I was visiting, and I would get redirected to the foreign version of the website, not in English. I thought this was due to Chrome redirecting me to a foreign version of Google, but after fixing it so that I can always use the UK version, as mentioned in a previous post, I still had the problem of getting redirected to translated versions of the website. I thought this could be due to my location, and a geographical lookup of my IP, but once I returned to England I was still getting translations of websites I was visiting.

I tried a couple of times looking at the "Local State" file, but mine looked fine, and there was no mention of any foreign versions of Google.

I found the solution in a post at this link here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/pKJ8eBCT4ec by CaseyD

To get to the options, the steps were slightly different, I clicked the "Customise and Control Google Chrome" button - the button with three horizontal lines in the top right corner of Chrome, the clicked the "Settings" option. Then you should be on the "Settings" tab, this is also accessible by entering chrome://settings/ into the address bar. From here, scroll to the bottom and click "+ Show Advanced Settings". Then scroll to the section "Languages", and click the button "Language and Input Settings...". In this list, drag up your preferred language to the top. The topmost language takes preference. Then click "Finished." and close the settings tab.

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