Preferences in Greek

I open my Library and go to Preferences and find that about 20% are in
English. The rest appear to be in Greek. I can't read Greek.
Help, thanks

OK then. Did I ask the wrong question that shows how ignorant I am OR did I ask at the wrong time? I would would gladly accept a "go read this" answer rather than a tutorial.
Anybody got any thoughts?
Ken

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Closed..
sorry
Hip Hip Hurray!!
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