<p>I saw <a href="http://www.gnegg.ch/2008/09/automatic-language-detection/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> on reddit, and it reminded me of one of my vim gripes: It shows the UI in German. I want English. But since my OS is set up in German (the standard at our office), I guess vim is actually trying to be helpful.</p>
<p>What magic incantations must I perform to get vim to switch the UI language? I have tried googling on various occasions, but can't seem to find an answer.</p>

Start vim with a changed locale:
```
```
LC_ALL=en_GB.utf-8 vim
```
```
Or export that variable per default in your bashrc/profile.