On first run the launcher sets the language to English. It doesn't use the system language, even if this option is chosen in Inkscape preferences.
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This is now noted on the Inkscape Portable page as a known issue. A few apps have system detection and it doesn't play well with PAL's language switching with the platform.
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I've looked into this briefly, and believe there may be a fix involving the way we handle Inkscape's language. I'll post further once I've tested.
If you can get it working, I'd love to get the fix in.
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