Different Language for Frontend vs Backend

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You can do the following:

  1. Get the the language pack (e.g. de_DE.mo) from wordpress.org. If the language pack isn’t available as a standalone download, you could also use the .mo file which is bundled in the WordPress ZIP-file for your language. Located under wp-content/languages.
  2. Move the .mo file to wp-content/languages/ of your default (english) WordPress installation.
  3. Change the WPLANG constant in wp-config.php to the new locale (e.g. de_DE)
  4. In your functions.php add the following filter:

functions.php

add_filter('locale', 'wpse27056_setLocale');
function wpse27056_setLocale($locale) {
    if ( is_admin() ) {
        return 'en_US';
    }

    return $locale;
}

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