Windows 10: can the translation into German of directory names in Windows 10 be switched off?

When searching for the folder for applications that are processed when a user logs in, I searched for the AppData folder using the Explorer search function. W10 also finds some and shows as name a.o.
C:\User\<my login name>\... as name.
But under C:\ there is no "Users" folder but there is "Users" and in this folder there is actually the folder you are looking for.
In other words, Microsoft has translated the English term "Users" into German, so that "Users" will appear in the search results and will be rendered unusable.

Can this technical nonsense be switched off?
Are there other translations?

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Why is the German Windows translation so bad?

Starting with Windows 10, the German translation got really bad.

There is a
Style Guide (from 2014) mentioning several rules on 102 pages.

• Why are these rules not followed in Windows 10?
• Are there enough competent translators?
• Is there a dedicated QA team for the translations?
• Why is this style guide 2.5 years old? There must have been some possible improvements to it during that time.
  

Examples for bad translations:

• Generally the "Sie" salutation is used, but in several places "Du". Press Windows, A, Backspace to see an example.
• In Windows Defender, the sentence "Update definitions" meaning "Update the definitions" is translated as "Updatedefinitionen", which means "The update definitions". (There are several more of this kind.)
• In Windows Defender, the long text in the Update tab mentions an "Aktualisieren" button, but that button is labelled "Updatedefinitionen", making it double-wrong.

 

Bing translator with windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am sorry to know that you are facing issues with Windows 10.



I do appreciate your efforts and time. Do not worry, will assist you with the issue.



Let me keep you informed, to translate any text through Bing translator in Internet Explorer, you just have to follow two simple steps as follows:

• 
  Select the text you want to translate.
  
• 
  Right click on the selected text and select the option translate with Bing.
  

As of now the option to set Bing Translator to the Edge is not available.

I suggest you to use the feedback app in the insider and send your thoughts directly to the team building Windows.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Live mail and Picture manager comes in german after Windows 10 upgrade

Hi Hank,

Thank you for being part of Microsoft Community.

• Do you have German language pack installed on the computer?
• From which operating system did you upgrade to Windows 10?

If you have German language pack installed then I would suggest you to switch to English language pack and then check if it works.

Please revert if you face any issues with Windows in future.