My Windows XP is in Chinese so when I downloaded Safari, the browser automatically detected my OS’s language settings and changed the Safari’s display language to Chinese. However, I do not want Chinese so how do I change the display language? I went online and did a little research. Most people (including the guys at Apple) will tell you to head over to the “Safari\Safari.resources” folder and rename the “zh_CN.lproj” folder to something like “zh_CN_backup.lproj” so when you restart Safari, the browser will use the default language, which is English. But this DOES NOT WORK, when I restart Safari, the system will automatically “add” another “zh_CN.lproj” thus making my Safari browser display in Chinese again.
Here’s what you need to do:
1. Close your Safari Browser.
2. Open your desired language folder (for example, if you want to change Safari display language to English, open the “en.lproj” folder.
3. Next, copy the contents of that folder.
4. Locate and open the current language folder (for example, if your current display language is Chinese, open the “zh_CN.lproj” folder.
5. Paste the “en.lproj” contents into the “zh_CN.lproj” folder. Click Yes to All when the system asks you.
6. Restart your Safari Browser.
You are done!
Note to Apple: It would be nice if you guys could add a Language option where users can easily change the display language.