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Google search is becoming increasingly annoying. It randomly starts mixing results in local language. Worse they detect my location incorrectly and start showi
by mohanmcgeek 5y ago
Google search is becoming increasingly annoying.
It randomly starts mixing results in local language. Worse they detect my location incorrectly and start showing results in languages that I can't even read.
- withinboredom 5y agoYes, “location” based localization is the worst when in a different country. The browser sends the preferred locale, they should use that instead.
- MandieD 5y agoI’ve been calling this phenomenon “over-internationalization, but “over-localization” is a bit snappier.
- MandieD 5y agoThe “best” part: when Google Maps auto-translates German business names into English, making it especially useless for a non-fluent German speaker to find them while driving. For example, a fabric shop named “Stoffe Bauer” was rendered as “Fabric farmer” (Bauer is a very common German family name, and literally means “farmer”). Flip side: when sites force me onto the German homepage because there’s not a German translation of the English-language article I clicked a link to. Stop trying to be so clever, and instead just make the language switch button visible at the top of the page for people who really want a translation. Like you did 15-20 years ago.
- mohanmcgeek 5y agoI'll do one better: it translates perfect English names to the local language and names like "Max muscle Gym" get translated to something like "way too much muscle" cuz there's no word for maximum