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

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2016-05-14 04:38, darn urash 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:

Yes - and that's what you want, isn't it?

> 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?

So even if they would appear in Chinese, you'd be able to cd them using
their original English names? Doesn't sound as a high priority feature
to me. Why not just use the English names throughout?

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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