Poll: Do you change your apps or sites' language settings to your native language? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you change your apps or sites' language settings to your native language?".
This poll was originally submitted by Harry Hermawan. View the poll results »
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 20:33
Spanish to English
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Not all the time, but sometimes, yes.
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Sometimes. It depends very much on what I am doing and why I am using them. For instance, I always use Proz in English, but I use the Internet in my 4 source languages (quite often in English and French, much less in Spanish and Italian) and in my target language (European Portuguese).
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Edward Potter 
Spain
Local time: 20:33
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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My native language is English and much of the original software is written in that language. You are less likely to run into software bugs this way.
On the other hand, sometimes I'll switch my MS-Office and Windows 10 over to Spanish for a while to make sure I know the vocabulary of those applications. After a while I'll switch them back to English.
[Edited at 2021-08-14 11:38 GMT]
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My computer is set up in Italian, but Trados Studio is set in English.
My phone and tablet apps are mostly in English.
Even the car navigator is set in English, but the Italian street names are a bit of a challenge!
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June Wang
China
Local time: 02:33
Member (2021)
English to Chinese
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Never change the language settings to my native language, unless it's a third language other than Chinese and English.
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can't stand the appalling localisations... 
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Although UK English is my native language, I use the Danish versions of Word and other apps - because then they can handle the three extra letters in the Danish alphabet Æ, Ø and Å (æ, ø, å).
PDF files can cause trouble anyway, but the Danish versions are better geared to solve the problems.
Then I sometimes change the English to UK instead of US, but that is less important!
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| Not in the sites | Aug 14, 2021 |
Normally it is better to read in English
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 15:33
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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If you want accuracy and quality, you should leave it all in English. Translations in the IT area are usually extremely literal, with many undue terms that become standard in their jargon, and many times alter the actual meaning of things. Then people get used to them and learn how to "guess" what they mean. But keeping them in English is the best way to prevent mistakes. It's just like watching movies in English vs. dubed or subtitled versions. The second choice implies many losses in meaning, ... See more If you want accuracy and quality, you should leave it all in English. Translations in the IT area are usually extremely literal, with many undue terms that become standard in their jargon, and many times alter the actual meaning of things. Then people get used to them and learn how to "guess" what they mean. But keeping them in English is the best way to prevent mistakes. It's just like watching movies in English vs. dubed or subtitled versions. The second choice implies many losses in meaning, mood, humor, etc. ▲ Collapse
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 12:33
Member (2006)
English to Spanish
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I change them sometimes to practice tha languages I speak.
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| No and other | Aug 15, 2021 |
Since I'm a native speaker of English, I don't need to.
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 19:33
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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I only have my computer and mobile language settings in European Portuguese, all the rest remains in English.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:33
Member (2008)
Italian to English
No. But I use an Italian keyboard.
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Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
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