Hmmm I just switched my English installed version of LimeWire Pro 4.8.1 to Japanese and back again. It appeared to be functioning correctly.

Did you change the language and restart LimeWire for the changes to take effect.

What operating system are you using?

You can check these 2 posts out.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=32410

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33593