Language Interface Stupidity

[robinturner]

I am used to the idiotic assumption by websites that because I have a Turkish IP number I must want to read the site in Turkish, even if I type www.somecorp.com not www.somecorp.com.tr. I mean, anyone who is in Turkey must speak Turkish, musn't they? As it happens, I do, so it's a minor irritation, especially since there is usually a drop-down menu somewhere to change the language. Now, however, I am faced with sites that assume I can only speak one language. Having convinced ovi.com that I really would prefer to read their content in English, I try to download a Turkish app and they won't let me, saying "Sorry, this item is not available in your language." It's a package of Turkish emergency phone numbers, so this is hardly surprising.

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[hfx-ben.livejournal.com]

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I've had the good fortune of international communications in various domains using various media and venues and am frequently gob-smacked at others' facility with English. Born into a French Canadian community I am only just very barely bilingual.

OTOH I've gotten back into I18n via a sofware project. Turns out the international effort to make software accessible is being frustrated by rather antique system design.

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p.s. twice on LJ in 24hrs (I wrote a post!) ... wouldn't mind if this became a habit again. *grin*

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[solri.livejournal.com]

I'm back too after a long absence - over the summer I didn't have enough online time to do more than the odd Facebook update. I hope to write something a bit more substantial soon.