How to change the DEFAULT language of Mathworks account?

Hi all!

I currently live in a country which is neither USA nor UK, and I use the Mathworks service through an academic licence from an institution in this country. I can set the language of the locally installed MATLAB software in english without any problems. However, every time I visit the the Mathworks website (all its sections, like Answers, Help Center, Documentation, etc.), the default language is always the one from the country from which I visit it, evidently based on my IP address. Even when I am logged in with my Mathworks account. Yes, I could change a "fictitious" country to USA or UK, with the button at the bottom of every webpage, to have the english version of the webpage. However I have to do it at every single visit of the Mathworks website, and it is incredibly annoying.

In my Mathworks account detail, I could just change the country from my country to USA or UK, yes, but that would not correspond to the reality since I don't live there. Is there a way in which I can set a default language for my account, so at least the website is always displayed in that language even if I am in another country?

Answer 1

[Andreas Goser]

First of all, I confirm the IP address detected drives the language in case there is a primary business langauge. Secondly, MathWorks website is avaialble in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Mandarin). Meaning in countries with another primary langauge, I would expect the site being displayed in English as well as for countries where are multiple business lanaguages.

This being said, I change my country setting (left bottom) quite often for business needs I have and my experience is the setting is preserved next time I hope mathworks.com in my (Chrome) browser. Maybe you have browser settings that avoid saving this?

Answer 2

[ag]

Hi Antonello,

To ensure that the display language of MathWorks website is in english, I kindly suggest you to change your browser settings by following the outlined instructions(for Google Chrome) on the below documentation page:

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/change-language-in-google-chrome.htm#:~:text=You%20can%20tweak%20whether%20Chrome,Languages%20section%20on%20the%20right

Hope this helps!