Hi,
I usually prefer the German names Sopran or Alt over the standard values: Soprano and Alto. Unfortunately my attempts to rename these instruments are getting ignored in the current version (Dorico Elements 5.1.30.2109. Has not been a problem in Dorico Elements 4 or 5.0)
I can remove the “o” in the detail window, but even though I click Ok, the new name “Sopran” is not saved. The next time I open the window, the name is unchanged, still “Soprano”.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Martin
Hi @Martin_Be and welcome to the Forum!
I tried out, and I can confirm this (unexpected) behaviour in Dorico Elements.
As a temporarily workaround you can rename the Player (instead of the Instrument), and choose the Staff Label to show Player names for the desired staves in Layout options>Staves and Systems>Staff Labels:
Hi @Christian_R,
hey, really clever. Thank you very much for the screen shot / 1st class workaround. This way I’ve been able to achieve the desired result. 
and can patiently wait and see if the next update brings back the function I’m used to.
Sorry for the inconvenience caused by this regression bug. We’ll make sure this gets fixed as soon as possible.
For the time being @Martin_Be , does this procedure of changing the instrument language for all instruments in the project work for you?
Hi Lillie_Harris,
I am happy to confirm it works. Dorico proves once again that it offers a wide range of setting options and more alternative routes to the desired destination than you might think at first glance. 
That’s great! And almost certainly a quicker and easier method than renaming each instrument manually for you in general, too.
Bug fixed. I can confirm that Dorico 5.1.32.2114 saves changed names correctly, as I was used to in versions before 5.1 .
Great job. Thank you very much!
I am still having issues with changeing the names… was this updated?
