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We need an "Always show Proz.com in this language" setting
Thread poster: Damian Brandt
Damian Brandt
Damian Brandt  Identity Verified
Local time: 06:21
German to English
Feb 5, 2008

I often do Google searches of the Kudoz forum, and frequently end up on the Tamil, Thai, Russian, etc. version of Proz.com. It takes me a lot of effort to scroll all the way down the page and then find the box in the lower right-hand corner and switch the language. I usually end up going to the URL address and typing in "eng.proz.com" just so I know what all the text on the page means.

This should be a relatively quick fix using cookies.

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I often do Google searches of the Kudoz forum, and frequently end up on the Tamil, Thai, Russian, etc. version of Proz.com. It takes me a lot of effort to scroll all the way down the page and then find the box in the lower right-hand corner and switch the language. I usually end up going to the URL address and typing in "eng.proz.com" just so I know what all the text on the page means.

This should be a relatively quick fix using cookies.

Am I the only one with this problem?

[Edited at 2008-02-05 15:30] ▲ Collapse
 
Mikhail Kropotov
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Germany
Local time: 12:21
English to Russian
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Seconded! Feb 5, 2008

Yes, I need this too.
 
Marie-Hélène Hayles
Marie-Hélène Hayles  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:21
Italian to English
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Not a bad idea Feb 5, 2008

Although a quick fix is just to remove the language code from the address.


Edits: I'm removing my examples, as I seem to remember it's against Proz rules to link to a specific question. And also I see that Damian has also mentioned a similar fix.

[Edited at 2008-02-05 17:10]
 
Soledad Azcona
Soledad Azcona  Identity Verified
Brazil
English to Spanish
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Good point Feb 5, 2008

Hi Damian and Mikhail,

We will see the way how that could be implemented.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Kind regards,

Soledad
 
Samuel Murray
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Netherlands
Local time: 12:21
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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It's Google's fault Feb 5, 2008

Damian Brandt wrote:
I often do Google searches of the Kudoz forum, and frequently end up on the Tamil, Thai, Russian, etc. version of Proz.com.


The fault lies with Google for serving you the Tamil version of a page if the English version (or the version in your language) contains exactly the same information and page rank.
 


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