Quick info on how to change the language of your linux box:
This works for CentOS and maybe Debian:
edit the following file… /etc/sysconfig/i18n
change it to read:
LANG="en_US.UTF-8" SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en" SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"
Then logout, and the next shell you log into should be in english.
To change it for Fedora Core, do:
cd /etc/sysconfig/
nano i18n
Change every instance of fr_FR to en_US