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Copy + Paste Chinese From Website

I am re-branding a website that has both English & Chinese Traditional text. When I am copying + pasting the Chinese text into notepad++, the characters gets displayed as question marks. I tried ...
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Short code keys for special language characters

So I am on Windows XP 64-bit and I don't know what I did at install but it's pretty nice. I can do: ~n ~a ~o for ñ ã õ 'o for ó "o for ö `o for ò ^o for ô etcetc. But how did this feature get ...
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How can I type in Hangul Korean?

I use Windows XP and my default languages when I bought this laptop were English and Persian. Recently I've been learning Hangul Korean. I don't have a Hangul layout, but I really need to type in ...
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Google Bookmarks thinks I'm in Portugal

I was looking for a convenient way to keep links to web sites between multiple computers on Monday. After a bit of searching, I found out Google offers a service that covers my desires just fine, ...
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Why are some language labels not showing up in the correct language?

I bought a computer Japan. The OS is windows 7 Japanese (Home premium). Then, I upgraded to windows 7 ultimate, so that I can change the language from Japanese to English. Then I installed a CAD ...
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is there a command line interface for j(programming language)?

I wanted to start learning j, so I downloaded the osx_mac_intel 701 version and noticed that the instructions on running j is to run the jhs701, and follow the link to the webpage where we can ...
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locale: What is the LANGUAGE variable used for? (and when?)

I am trying to understand the locales used in Linux. On my Ubuntu 11.10 system locale puts out the following: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.UTF-8" ...
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Set preferred language in Chrome and other Google services

Whenever I'm abroad and access Google's search (via Chrome browser, on my own laptop) or other Google services, they are presented to me in the local language. How can I get Google services displayed ...
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How do I get “Open Office” menu items to appear in English?

I'm using my boyfriend's computer, so Open Office is in Japanese. Do I need to un-instal the Japanese version to be able to work in English? or is there a setting I can change?
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Delete all sentences containing English in Notepad++

How can I delete all sentences containing English in Notepad++? I tried this with words by using find/replace (find [A-Z] [a-z] and replacing with blanks), but even with this i stuck with all the ...
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How can I force my browser to search Google in English?

I'm too bored of seeing sites like Google and such show up in my native language, I would rather like them to be in English. Yet, I have to explicitly change the URL to .com and en and that kind of ...
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Firebug: wrong language

Since updating to Firebug 1.9, the interface has suddenly changed to Dutch. I'm mystified as to how that's happened, because my machine is entirely configured in English. How can I switch it back to ...
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How to prevent system locale sniffing in MS Office (and other apps)

I'm hoping someone here might help me with a problem that's driving me mad for many, many months. Some background: I'm running a Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 in English, all language, regional, and ...
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Why are all my Metro applications in German? Can I change?

My Metro applications on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview are all German. I've selected English (United States) and live in Belgium (and have selected that so), yet it somehow makes my Metro ...
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Any way to make Alt+Shift not switch to some language in Windows?

I've got three input languages on my Windows machine (Russian, English and French). However, I only use the French keyboard once in a blue moon. So I want the Alt + Shift combo to cycle between ...
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How to translate a Wordpress Theme? [closed]

I have this wordpress site, I like this theme, but is all in English and my client is from Brazil. So I need to translate it to portuguese. I was thinking in translating in the code itself but I ...
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How do I find out which language some Unicode characters belong to?

On Facebook, there are currently messages floating around with these strange chars: ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ กิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิิ ก้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้ They are used to confuse the reader, because ...
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Can I Start particular program with different language settings in Windows

I am using my windows with Turkish language as first choice. Non-Unicode programs also use Turkish language. My particular program, Visual Studio 2005 (Business Intelligence Studio 2005) is behaving ...
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Language Pack didn't install dictionary for spell check for office 2010

I downloaded the language pack for Portuguese, but in word when I try to do the spell check it says the dictionary isn't installed. When it go to languages in options it shows that Portuguese is ...
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UpToDate app don't work at non-English Windows?

UpToDate is a medical app. , it comes in a viewer called vmware , my windows language is not English , and this app. don't work else the windows language is ENGLISH . I don't know what exactly the ...
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Russian fonts in an English Illustrator CS5

A problem software platform is the following system: Windows 7 Professional English MS Office 2010 Eng Adobe Illustrator CS5 Windows has a rather small set of fonts that come pre-configured out of ...
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Text editor to colour code rich text format (Rtf) commands

Is there a program which can read and colour code Rtf code in its text editor? Notepad++ supports the coloring of many languages such as C++ or Javascript, but Rtf isn't supported (it's not exactly a ...
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when I open text file that in russian I see Hebrew letters (gibrish)

When I open a russian text file I see it in gibrish (Hebrew letters), in spite of that I can write in russian. How can I see that file in russian (not gibrish)? I use WIN7 (This file is a movie ...
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Can I use my german Win7 product key on an english version? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Windows Vista/7 Activation FAQ: How do language, version, 64-bit or 32-bit, and source affect ability to install and transfer Windows licenses? My computer is currently ...
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How can I have support in Hebrew and russian subtitles at the same time?

When I try to watch movies with russian subs I get gibberish (with hebrew characters). I found that I can change the system non-english support language (something like that) and then it will support ...
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Mercurial: what has influence on the language used for output

Based on this question - what setting is responsible for the language Mercurial (hg.exe) uses to display output? I remember I saw German output, but now see English one. What could be the reason?
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Cygwin (bash, g++…) is in Japanese mode - how to set everything to English?

I am using Cygwin under Windows 7. For some reason (*) Cygwin talks to me in Japanese: bash responses, error messages from g++ etc are in Japanese. I speak some Japanese but having C++ compiler error ...
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Windows 7 Home Premium - Unable to View Chinese Characters Properly

Is there a proper and permanent fix that will restore the display of Chinese Characters on a Windows 7 Home Premium Laptop computer? This problem has been occurring frequently now and a simple reboot ...
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Keyboard shortcut for keyboard layout switch in fedora 16

I've just installed Fedora 16 x64 with Gnome 3.1 on my laptop and have some little but very annoying problem - I can't set keyboard shortcut for switching keyboard layouts(simply switching languages) ...
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Windows 7: Japanese not displaying in Windows

I cannot view Japanese characters in Windows 7. Even filenames that contain Japanese characters show up as squares in folders. Or error boxes that come up in Windows that would normally contain ...
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Plaintext natural language dictionaries

Does anyone know where I can find a source for free plaintext or xml natural language dictionaries. I am working on a program for memorization and I'd like to make some examples.
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VMware Player Installing Windows 7 in Chinese?

When I install Windows 7 x64 Professional using VMware player, the initial Windows installation guide is in English. When the install completes and it restarts the vm to boot into Windows, it changes ...
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How to change the UI language of gedit under windows7?

gedit starts with the system-language of my system but I want to use the US version of the UI. I can not find a option in the menues or the config-file. Is there a way to change this?
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SVN on Windows: how to make it English

I'm using SVN 1.7.2 binaries on my German Windows XP machine. What I need to do to make it output text in English instead of German?
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Making Windows XP use a global input language instead of per-application

I work with 2, sometimes 3 different languages on my XP boxes. Windows XP chooses input language on a per-application basis. That is, when I switch to a different application, Windows sometimes ...
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Foreign Languages show as symbols on my English Windows PC

I installed software that is in Russian and another one in Arabic, but the words show as symbols, even words typed in Notepad. How can I fix this issue? I'm using both Windows XP and Windows 7.
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Make Notepad++ remember a particular language for a particular file?

I have a number of files that I would like colored different ways even though they have the same extension. For example, I have some *.config files that are actually Python files and some that are ...
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How do I change my Chrome language back to English?

Suddenly, my Chrome language has been changed to Tamil. I didn't make this change manually. I don't know how to change this setting to English.
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Is there a way to make an Italian Windows 7 Starter to speak Spanish?

We have this brand-new Windows 7 Starter netbook with Italian language and we'd like to have it in Spanish instead. MS will not let me download and install a Language Pack and neither a Language ...
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Copying Chinese Characters from PDF

I am on a Windows 7 laptop, which I believe comes preinstalled with all the language packs. I can see Chinese characters with no issues and normally can copy them fine. (From browser to Microsoft ...
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Windows 7 and UTF-8 saving and display in programs

I just got a new system, Windows 7 Home Premium, installed Notepad++ and used it for a few days. I wrote some html/php files in Chinese, saved as UTF-8 without BOM. Uploaded to server and tested, all ...
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Windows 7 - Change Region and Language settings using a script

OS: Windows 7 64-bit I have a machine that has had it's "Region and Language" settings all set to "Canada". What I need to do is change all those settings to revert back to the default of "United ...
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Man and LANG issue

My LANG=ru_RU.cp1251 so if man page was translated I get garbage in output. Problem lies out of 'cp1251' because /usr/share/man/ru store man pages in different encoding: ...
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How do I change my cmd.exe to English?

I use Windows XP in Dutch, but I'd like to have my cmd.exe in English. Is there a way I can change the language? Can I download a separate version of cmd.exe in English? Are there any other ways?
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New Admin user account password repetitively fails to login in Windows 7

Strange problem. From a Windows 7 Admin account I create a new user with admin privileges. Then I set a new password for the new account and log out of the original Admin account. Then I try to ...
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Converting ascii Russian to Russian?

I have a text document that is supposed to be written in Russian but it seems to instead be ascii: Óñòàíîâêà: 1)Çàïóñêàåì QuidamStudioSetup3.15.exe 2)Ïðè çàïðîñå ñåðèéíîãî íîìåðà ââîäèì How could I ...
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Restoring Windows XP language to original

I installed the Arabic language pack in Windows XP which configured the PC to be in Arabic. However I now want to get back to original setting (French language in my case) but don't know how to do ...
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Software for displaying subtitles for audio files

I am translating English speech to Russian, but I am not too experienced to speak Russian while listening to an English file of 40 minutes length, so I need a little preparation. My plan is: Prepare ...
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Trouble viewing files with non-English names on hard-disk

I have a problem that I don't even know where to begin looking for help (google isn't helping) I have an external hard drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I had been using it with my ...
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Korean MUI Language Pack installed in Windows 7 Ultimate, but Korean language still not supported?

When that large batch of updates came by and asked me if I wanted to install all of the auxiliary languages, I selected yes to all of them, waited a few hours, and installed every language available ...

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