Now that we have icons in the admin menu, it strikes me that we could use the "Configure" icon instead of a button that spells out the full word. For example, on the Manage Display pages, a view such as this (admittedly only this many fields are likely to have a "Configure" option if you are using field_formatter_settings but it makes the point):

With a little modification (CSS only) we could have something more like this:

If people agree I can make a PR for Seven that would do this.
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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)