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I use that quite a lot, because google periodically just refuses to acknowledge that I usually want my links in English despite living in Germany. English quali

I use that quite a lot, because google periodically just refuses to acknowledge that I usually want my links in English despite living in Germany. English quality is often times a bit better, but it is also useful to check in multiple languages, as sometimes you get different information, especially on more controversial topics.

em-bee 6y ago
or regional ones. topics that relate to the german area are usually more detailed in german. same for other areas and languages to the point that it can be worth it to use machine translation to look into a foreign local topic
- bakuninsbart 6y ago
  That's how it should be at least, but not always! - Probably the best department for german literature is in Princeton, and my favorite scholar on german existentialism, Walter Kaufmann, also an American at Princeton.
867-5309 6y ago
try changing your IP address, OS language/region and browser language to English
- DoctorOetker 6y ago
  I'm not aware IP addresses have language settings associated with them? since when is this the case? any links for further information?
  - _jal 6y ago
    For a bunch of different reasons, many sites will try to guess where you are located based on your IP address. One misguided thing some sites do is select language based on that lookup. Although it wouldn't surprise me if some countries try to legislate about that and everyone with an international presence has to do it.
  - 867-5309 6y ago
    the technology is called IP Geolocation. IP addresses are able to be resolved to countries, cities, towns and in some cases more granular than that, depending on the ISP. since around ten years ago but databases have matured since then. what I was trying to get at was masking your actual IP address by way of proxy server or VPN, to make it appear as if you are connecting from another place. it also aids anonymity and bypassing geoblocked content
fireattack 6y ago
I have the same problem, so I just save English UI as bookmark/search engine and start from there. https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en It would prioritize English result. I actually have three languages of Google on my bookmark bar precisely because of this, and they work like a charm.

em-bee 6y ago

or regional ones. topics that relate to the german area are usually more detailed in german. same for other areas and languages to the point that it can be worth it to use machine translation to look into a foreign local topic

bakuninsbart 6y ago
That's how it should be at least, but not always! - Probably the best department for german literature is in Princeton, and my favorite scholar on german existentialism, Walter Kaufmann, also an American at Princeton.

867-5309 6y ago

try changing your IP address, OS language/region and browser language to English

DoctorOetker 6y ago
I'm not aware IP addresses have language settings associated with them? since when is this the case? any links for further information?
- _jal 6y ago
  For a bunch of different reasons, many sites will try to guess where you are located based on your IP address. One misguided thing some sites do is select language based on that lookup. Although it wouldn't surprise me if some countries try to legislate about that and everyone with an international presence has to do it.
- 867-5309 6y ago
  the technology is called IP Geolocation. IP addresses are able to be resolved to countries, cities, towns and in some cases more granular than that, depending on the ISP. since around ten years ago but databases have matured since then. what I was trying to get at was masking your actual IP address by way of proxy server or VPN, to make it appear as if you are connecting from another place. it also aids anonymity and bypassing geoblocked content

fireattack 6y ago

I have the same problem, so I just save English UI as bookmark/search engine and start from there. https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en It would prioritize English result. I actually have three languages of Google on my bookmark bar precisely because of this, and they work like a charm.