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Another stupid thing they've done is to use local language for street and place names. Why the hell even have a phone language then? Just switch everything over
by perryizgr8 3y ago
Another stupid thing they've done is to use local language for street and place names. Why the hell even have a phone language then? Just switch everything over to whatever language people are speaking in my immediate vicinity then! There is a reason I have chosen English as the language of my phone, because that's what I can read properly.
- seb1204 3y agoNot sure if I understand your point. If you're in Spain you want to see Street names written in Kanji or Greek? Or do you want the street name translated to your phone language?
- perryizgr8 3y agoI want the names as they would appear in the language I can read, in my case that is English. Otherwise it is literally useless for me to show the names at all.
- Symbiote 3y agoDo you mean the script/alphabet, or the language? At some point I noticed someone had "helpfully" translated some concert venue names in Copenhagen into English, so Krudtønden became "The Powder Keg", etc. That's not useful, as locals might well not understand what it means if you ask directions or search for a website. It's on Østerfælled Torv, would you have that read as Eastern Commons Market? Places with other alphabets seem to vary. Greece shows me only Latin transliterations, but Syria shows me both Latin and Arabic in many cases, which is useful — I can read one, and match the shape of the letters for the other.