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Question is, how does it know to ask? If it is based on analysis done by the local machine, no problem. However, if it is based on analysis done by google serv

• mschuster91 8y ago
  > Question is, how does it know to ask? The html tag has a "lang" attribute, and the server itself can send a Content-Language HTTP header. Most CMSes these days set one or both once multi-lingual is enabled. Additionally the browser can utilize the OS or it's own spellcheck word database: check every word in every dictionary and the dictionary with the most matches is likely to be the relevant one.
  • giancarlostoro 8y ago
    > Additionally the browser can utilize the OS or it's own spellcheck word database: check every word in every dictionary and the dictionary with the most matches is likely to be the relevant one. Every word seems excessive, especially if a page has an excessive amount of text on it.
    • rocqua 8y ago
      I have noticed that 'certain' sites that obfuscate titles by homoglyphs are recognized as vietnamese by chrome. That seems like something based on the actual content of the page.
• scandinavian 8y ago
  As mentioned in the reddit thread, it is done clientside by this library: https://github.com/google/cld3 https://github.com/google/cld3