How to control the language of the paypal checkout page?

Question

I am using perstashop (an open source Eshop framework) paypal plugin to implement the paypal function.

Actually it is the PHP framework so it should be similar to other site implementation.

I would like to change the language of checkout page

And here is the code:

<form id="paypal_payment_form" action="{$base_dir_ssl}modules/paypal/express_checkout/payment.php" data-ajax="false" title="{l s='Pay with PayPal' mod='paypal'}" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="express_checkout" value="{$PayPal_payment_type|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="current_shop_url" value="{$PayPal_current_page|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" />
    <input type="hidden" name="bn" value="{$PayPal_tracking_code|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" />
</form>

Someone said put the line

<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="xx_XX">

in the form, I check the support locale code list and put it , unluckly it remain the same

So I wonder:

1) is this correct or I need to change elsewhere?

2) is the language in paypal changed in paypal panel instead of code? there is a default language setting, but how can I dynamic change base on the Eshop language?

3) can I control the language choice as well? My eshop has English, France and Germany but paypal checkout can only change between English and France, any idea ?

It is classic express checkout page.

Thanks for helping.

Update:

Found that the language is control by the delivery address. Then it means I can somehow change that

Are you currently in France or any other country, where french is the official language? — szoszk, Nov 27 '15 at 19:09
yes the cookies affect the language of the page but can I control it in program? — user3538235, Nov 29 '15 at 23:51
If you are logged into Paypal (or have a cookie set by paypal with regards to default locale), this will be automatic. — ggdx, Nov 29 '15 at 23:54

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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I offered some time ago a bounty for the same thing. Nobody was able to help me: paypal express checkout: 2 language

From what I figured the language depended on the country where the delivery was going to + if the person had an account with paypal and the language they previously used.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Nov 30 '15 at 01:38

Mihai P.

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Are you looking which code I can change the language of the paypal page? After so many attempt I wonder whether can I change it through coding – user3538235 Nov 30 '15 at 02:23
Damn, I wrote a big reply but something happened to it. From what I saw you can set the language, however that will be ignored if 1) there is a paypal cookie. This makes a lot of sense. 2) if the delivery country is different than the country code you set up. For example when i set the language as EN but the delivery country was Italy then the paypal interface was set in Italian and not English like I asked it to do. This makes no sense but that is how it is. – Mihai P. Dec 06 '15 at 23:46

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 01:29

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I think you've gotten the language code wrong because according to the documentation, the code for France is FR, not xx_XX

<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="FR"/>

answered Nov 30 '15 at 01:29

Machavity

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Thanks. It seems somewhere have override this parameter, as I added it in the form does not work, and the language can be change if I choose a different delivery address – user3538235 Nov 30 '15 at 01:37

How to control the language of the paypal checkout page?

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