Make main directories accessible using English names in the terminal on a Chinese localized UI

[Michael Loftis]

You could also just create a symlink.

On Friday, May 13, 2016, darn urash <iamyzc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> There's a problem haunting me for years that If I choose Chinese as UI
> language, the main directories (Documents, Downloads, etc…) are also
> translated. It makes harder for me when I want to 'cd' those directories in
> the terminal, because I have to type them in Chinese.
>
> There's a little trick can fix this, but it makes directories
> untranslated:
> export LANG=en_US
> xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
> export LANG=zh_CN
>
> Is it possible that Ubuntu could be just like it's in as OS X, that even
> if those directories are translated, you also can access them using their
> English names in the terminal?
> Thanks.
>


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