Strange localization

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On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:18:14 +0200, Petter Adsen wrote:

> This is weird, and I can't figure out why it is happening. I normally
> use Synaptic or apt-get, but for various reasons I was trying to install
> something from Software Center, and the authorization dialog popped up.
> For some reason, the "header" of the message is in Norwegian, but
> everything else is in English, as it usually is. See attached
> screenshot.
> 
> Everywhere else, for instance while launching Synaptic, the entire
> dialog is in English. $LANG is set to "en_US.UTF-8", and $LANGUAGE is
> set to "en_US:en". I don't use Norwegian localization for anything else
> than numbers formatting, currency and dates. The only times I do is when
> testing translations, and then I specifically set the appropriate
> variables in the shell I launch whatever I'm testing from.
> 
> Why is this different in Software Center, and why is only part of the
> message in Norwegian? I've briefly done a search on Launchpad, but
> couldn't find anything relevant, although it's quite possible I didn't
> look hard enough.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Petter

One or more of these bugs might be relevant. Some have suggestions in the 
comments as workarounds.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/560591
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/434601
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/844675

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