Microsoft goofed: Group Policy Office ADMX/ADML Problem

hi Cathy_in_Maine​ try below 

How to fix it [ Referal site: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030)

Download the correct English package

On the Microsoft download page → Select English and then download the admintemplates_x86_5527-1000_en-us.exe or admintemplates_x64-5527-1000_en-us.exe version.

Run it and extract to a folder (e.g., C:\OfficeADMX\).

Copy ADMX and ADML files to central store

On your DC (or PolicyDefinitions folder): \\<domain>\SYSVOL\<domain>\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\

Copy all .admx files from C:\OfficeADMX\adm\ (or equivalent) into this folder.

In the same PolicyDefinitions folder, copy only the en-US folder (from the extracted download) and its .adml files to PolicyDefinitions\en-US\.

Remove or override other languages

If the PolicyDefinitions\de-DE\ (German) folder also exists, and if you don’t use German policy descriptions, you can either remove it or ensure the en-US folder is recognized first.

Open GPMC → Preferences → Check the Language of your policy templates. If it’s still showing German, close and reopen GPMC.

Verify in GPMC

Open a policy editor (GPMC → Edit GPO)

Navigate to User Config → Administrative Templates → Microsoft Office 16.0 (or whichever version)

Check: Are the descriptions now in English?

Why you see German descriptions

The installer includes multiple language ADML files by default. If your “language” setting on the client/console is set to German or locale is de-DE, GPMC might load German ADML by default.

When the central store contains multiple languages, GPMC picks the folder matching the console’s UI language → If your Windows UI language is German, the German ADML folder might get chosen.