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and the worst part is, it can be solved with a simple tiny link/dropdown 'language' in the header or footer, it's not rocket science.

• seanmcdirmid 14y ago
  ...unless the language menu is itself localized. This happens so often its not funny. Even finding the language menu is hard, since its title often localized also.
  • smcl 14y ago
    This bugs the hell out of me, what is wrong with little flag + two letter code to indicate the current language, and maybe a little arrow to indicate that it is a menu you can select from.
    • DanBC 14y ago
      I agree a drop down list is the nice solution. But it's not as easy as a bunch of flags and ISO 3166 codes. What happens for countries where there is no official language and two languages commonly spoken? (US: English and Spanish; Spain: Spanish and Catalon etc etc.)
      • bolasanibk 14y ago
        India has 22. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Eighth_Schedule_to_the_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_...