It's OK to change the name directly, and then go back with a reboot.
Method One:
Change the Chinese folder to the appropriate English folder, and then modify the configuration file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Xdg_desktop_dir="$HOME/desktop"Xdg_download_dir="$HOME/downloads"Xdg_templates_dir="$HOME/templates"Xdg_publicshare_dir="$HOME/public"Xdg_documents_dir="$HOME/documents"Xdg_music_dir="$HOME/music"Xdg_pictures_dir="$HOME/pictures"Xdg_videos_dir="$HOME/videos"
Method Two:
Enter the command in the terminal:
Export lang=en_us xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
Jump out of the dialog box to ask whether to convert the directory to English path, agree and close.
Enter the command in the terminal:
Export LANG=ZH_CN
Close the terminal and restart (or logout). The next time you enter the system, you will be prompted to change the converted directory back to Chinese. Select no longer prompted and cancel the modification
Change the directory name in Ubuntu user directory to English