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There is a Drupal 7 contrib module that "lets the administrator see all administration pages in her preferred language" and which could be ported to Backdrop: https://www.drupal.org/project/...
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)
@stpaultim – You're right: my approach affects also the main menu. I guess, because menus are also considered as user interface (not as content). @findlabnet – If I didn't miss anything,...
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)
Go to the account edit of the desired user. On the horizontal tab below "Region and Language," select "English" or another language. WFM.
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)
@olaf - Sorry, but I don't think that works. I tried it and you are correct, with this change, I can switch from the English version to the German version of a page, without changing the entire...
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)
Use case is an English speaking support person working on a multilingual site and fixing bugs with the French translation of the content. I found one solution for your use...
Allow admin to select admin language seperate from front end language (multilingual)