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> According to your browser language headers, you know Chinese. Please help to translate the tutorial into your language! Thank you! I'm curious. How are my la

> According to your browser language headers, you know Chinese. Please help to translate the tutorial into your language! Thank you! I'm curious. How are my language preferences exposed through HTTP headers? I think this was a charming way to request volunteers for translation, but I was a bit taken aback.

lights0123 6y ago
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Ac...
jmt_ 6y ago
The Accept-Language HTTP request header is my guess
pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
Is your next thought after having your curiosity piqued not, "I should look at what headers my browser is sending", or "I should type 'browser language headers' into a search engine"? I'm trying to understand what sort of things lead people instead to think, "I should type a question about 'browser language headers' into a comment box on an off-topic thread, wait for a response, and then go back and check what the replies say."
- djeiasbsbo 6y ago
  Maybe he did fo that but wanted to inform the OP that this was surprising to him. Given that the OP is looking for translators it is valuable feedback imo.
- bryanrasmussen 6y ago
  maybe: since I'm already here I'll ask the question because on this particular site somebody knows the answer and can probably give me a better starting point for learning about the subject than the average search engine! Also it will serve as a notice to people that not everybody knows these things and might be put out by this sort of question.
- dhruvarora013 6y ago
  I think this is a little harsh. The comment does point out a feature on the topic site. I'm personally glad that they brought it up because as an English speaker I didn't see this feature exposed. Internationalisation is a complex yet required feature for large websites these days, and a clever feature like this to find translations is great!
  - pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
    > I think this is a little harsh Only if you read the question and assume that it is something besides a question. How does a person ask the question that I asked and mark it unambiguously as a question, not a statement (and do it without unnecessary baggage)? How do I convince people to answer the question instead of reply the way you did, to something you received instead of what I asked? Is that question not tolerable (it got flagged) but the other commenter's is fine?
    - scpedicini 6y ago
      Because your question reads as a relatively transparent thinly veiled insult, like you're questioning his ability to be curious about the world, and contributes very little to the discussion.
      - pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
        You haven't given me anything actionable. Read the question I asked, understand against your instincts that it is a question and not the insult you assumed it to be, and then tell me a way to ask that question that doesn't make you feel the way you do right now. Is there one? Disagree strongly on "contributes very little to the discussion".
    - resu_nimda 6y ago
      It comes off as condescending. Generally, being incredulous of the way someone thinks isn't a respectful way to engage with them (I'm sure most of us are guilty of it at times, but usually in frustration with people that we have a personal relationship with). If you're going to ask someone something that might offend them, I would suggest starting with a show of goodwill. Also, extensive use of hypothetical "thought-quotes" is very easily construed as mocking or belittling, even if you were just trying to be precise about your meaning. A better way to ask might have been: "I'm curious, and I don't mean to be rude, but what caused you to post this comment here instead of searching for the answer?"
- heavyset_go 6y ago
  I've done this more than a few times because this is a good community to get direct answers from when it comes to questions like the OP's.
  - pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
    I don't understand.
croisillon 6y ago
I get the same question (after a while) here: https://www.wpf-tutorial.com/ https://www.wpf-tutorial.com/
smarx007 6y ago
I have figured it out experimentally (Chrome & Ukrainian): if you visit a website in language X and click Never Translate, Chrome silently adds language X to the end of the list (Accept-Language that is). I have not found a way to forcibly turn it off. Edit: check out chrome://translate-internals/ if you are interested
sequoia 6y ago
This was probably set at the operating system level, i.e. you selected "zh_ZH"/Chinese at some point during setup. Upon installing a browser, it reads your OS language preference & then passes that through to websites via the accept-language header.

lights0123 6y ago

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Ac...

jmt_ 6y ago

The Accept-Language HTTP request header is my guess

pwdisswordfish4 6y ago

Is your next thought after having your curiosity piqued not, "I should look at what headers my browser is sending", or "I should type 'browser language headers' into a search engine"? I'm trying to understand what sort of things lead people instead to think, "I should type a question about 'browser language headers' into a comment box on an off-topic thread, wait for a response, and then go back and check what the replies say."

djeiasbsbo 6y ago
Maybe he did fo that but wanted to inform the OP that this was surprising to him. Given that the OP is looking for translators it is valuable feedback imo.
bryanrasmussen 6y ago
maybe: since I'm already here I'll ask the question because on this particular site somebody knows the answer and can probably give me a better starting point for learning about the subject than the average search engine! Also it will serve as a notice to people that not everybody knows these things and might be put out by this sort of question.
dhruvarora013 6y ago
I think this is a little harsh. The comment does point out a feature on the topic site. I'm personally glad that they brought it up because as an English speaker I didn't see this feature exposed. Internationalisation is a complex yet required feature for large websites these days, and a clever feature like this to find translations is great!
- pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
  > I think this is a little harsh Only if you read the question and assume that it is something besides a question. How does a person ask the question that I asked and mark it unambiguously as a question, not a statement (and do it without unnecessary baggage)? How do I convince people to answer the question instead of reply the way you did, to something you received instead of what I asked? Is that question not tolerable (it got flagged) but the other commenter's is fine?
  - scpedicini 6y ago
    Because your question reads as a relatively transparent thinly veiled insult, like you're questioning his ability to be curious about the world, and contributes very little to the discussion.
    - pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
      You haven't given me anything actionable. Read the question I asked, understand against your instincts that it is a question and not the insult you assumed it to be, and then tell me a way to ask that question that doesn't make you feel the way you do right now. Is there one? Disagree strongly on "contributes very little to the discussion".
  - resu_nimda 6y ago
    It comes off as condescending. Generally, being incredulous of the way someone thinks isn't a respectful way to engage with them (I'm sure most of us are guilty of it at times, but usually in frustration with people that we have a personal relationship with). If you're going to ask someone something that might offend them, I would suggest starting with a show of goodwill. Also, extensive use of hypothetical "thought-quotes" is very easily construed as mocking or belittling, even if you were just trying to be precise about your meaning. A better way to ask might have been: "I'm curious, and I don't mean to be rude, but what caused you to post this comment here instead of searching for the answer?"
heavyset_go 6y ago
I've done this more than a few times because this is a good community to get direct answers from when it comes to questions like the OP's.
- pwdisswordfish4 6y ago
  I don't understand.

croisillon 6y ago

I get the same question (after a while) here: https://www.wpf-tutorial.com/ https://www.wpf-tutorial.com/

smarx007 6y ago

I have figured it out experimentally (Chrome & Ukrainian): if you visit a website in language X and click Never Translate, Chrome silently adds language X to the end of the list (Accept-Language that is). I have not found a way to forcibly turn it off. Edit: check out chrome://translate-internals/ if you are interested

sequoia 6y ago

This was probably set at the operating system level, i.e. you selected "zh_ZH"/Chinese at some point during setup. Upon installing a browser, it reads your OS language preference & then passes that through to websites via the accept-language header.