Questions tagged [language]

For questions regarding the use of language as a main part of any step of the UX process, from research to final products. This encompasses Cultural UX and Inclusive UX as well.

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What is the best mechanism for language and country selection?

I need my users to choose their country to use my site. The French version has a totally different setup to the English version, for example. I'm The trouble is, if I merely ask the user for their ...
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Should autocorrect include swear words out of the box?

Let's not hide it - it is just common language. Many people do call their friends "b * * * * * s" or "m * * * * rf * * * * rs", and there is no negative context to it. The iOS autocorrect feature ...
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Usability studies on language switches and multi-lingual content websites

Does anyone have actual usability study / testing research around the most effective solutions for language switches, or even dealing with linguistically fragmented content on an information website? ...
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Multi Language Description

I have a small problem with creating multi-language description. In the picture below, I showed my current state of what I made (I took the idea from here). But anyway I need a way for every language ...
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Multi-language system, which languages are mandatory when creating an item?

A company has an administrator (which uses the dashboard), a company also has employees. An administrator can create a set of Categories that have Questions, now I introduced translations into my ...
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Alternative term to "Blacklist" and "Whitelist"

In short, my company is developing a management tool for managing SIM cards. One of the features of the tool is to block the SIM card if it's put into a none allowed device by device IMEI validation. ...
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Language and country selector on a website

I'm currently designing a website for a global company with multiple market sites (website.com, website.co.uk, website.ru etc). Some markets also have multiple languages (website.be can be browsed in ...
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Should Search User be capitalised

I have a search bar and I don't know what should be capitalised and what not. There would be two solutions: Search User Search user Which one should I use?
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A good solution how to localize and let user choose language on HTML page

I read another question where a poster states that flags should not be used for languages since flags represent countries. In my mind I agree but in my eye this solution is the best: Do you agree ...
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Designing bidi text editing

Background. "Bidi" refers to the bidirectional text, that is a text where traditional left-to-right scripts are intermixed with right-to-left ones, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Thaana, etc. Such ...
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How to get the best UX in multi-lingual blogs?

I'm about to start a blog, written both in English and Spanish, so I have several concerns: 1) Default language: Is setting it based on the users's browser language really accurate? (any statistics?)....
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At which point should a partial translation of the UI of a desktop software become available as an option?

I'm creating an open source software for which the user interface is translated to various languages by contributors (about 30 languages at the moment). The translation platform is online and the ...
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Button to change language [duplicate]

I am developing a website in two languages (English and Italian) and I use a flag icon to switch between them. What is the common/best practice if I am viewing the Italian page? Show the Italian flag,...
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How to state valid characters are alphanumeric and 'all keyboard symbols'?

*Note: I'm using an inline validating message, where if a user enters a char that is not allowed a message is displayed (i.e. "Please only use...") I've seen this post about stating valid ...
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How to label resources belonging to users in a two-sided marketplace?

I read great advice on “Your” vs “My” in user interfaces and 'My Account' or 'Your Account'? But neither deals with the special case of two-sided marketplaces. Example - airbnb clone Suppose a user ...
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When it is preferable to have a multi-language platform and when is not?

In a world where English became the second language for most people or at least for the users that buy on international platforms, multi-language websites/ apps are still the best choice for a good UX?...
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Multiple languages quizzes. Should user's submitted answers be displayed in the new language if user switches language?

If a user has submitted an answers in a quiz, then switches language, should that answer be displayed in the new language or should that question appear incomplete?
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How to enable "multi-lingual" insertion of data for administrators, while having a separate main site language

Our website allows certain "administrators" to add events and manage those events. Then "users" can enroll said events. One of the features that is requested is multi-lingual ...
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Can i add meta keywords with multiple languages? [closed]

I have a webpage and i want to add meta keywords/description with multiple languages into it. Is it good practice to add it and will it have any improvement regarding seo ?
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Multilingual sign boards for public and private structures in USA [closed]

As there are many languages spoken in the USA, do you recommend to have multilingual sign boards created for parks, zoos, museums, restaurants, stores, libraries, offices etc? Multilingual sign boards ...
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Is it preferable to describe a computer's ephemeral visual data output device as a "monitor", "display", "screen", or something else?

In English language UIs, is it preferable to describe a computer's ephemeral data visual data output device as a "monitor", "display", "screen", or something else? All ...
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Is it good to change keyboard's input language automatically in JavaScript?

In some websites, there are forms to be filled by the end-user. In multilingual contexts, some developers try to change the input language of the keyboard or hook to the field that should be filled ...
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What kind of message should I display for processes that are queued because other users are currently running the process?

Let's say user number 1 goes in and starts running a big process that can only have one instance running at a time. In the meantime 2 more users attempt to run the same process while it is still ...
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How to handle language detection and suggestion?

In a website that offers translated versions of the website in various languages (6), how should we handle language detection and suggestion? My theory is that: Users hate splash screens in which ...
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Language of language names in the language selector?

Imagine a site that's available in multiple languages. The language is detected automatically by looking at the IP or the browser header. But that's not bulletproof, so a few users might end up on a ...
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Force RTL interface orientation or let the user decide?

If you've set a language on your operating system that defaults to right-to-left interface orientation, is there any reason that you'd like to set it to left-to-right anyway? Because you might already ...
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What is a proper verb form to use for a Web App?

I’m creating a web app for services like CRM, Helpdesk, etc, and I’m wondering what might be the best verb form to use to address users… Why? There will be a lot of tooltips, help guides, ...
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'OK' or 'Ok' on UI?

I always thought that first variant (both letters written uppercase) is appropriate (maybe because I'm a Windows user), but recently I see more usages of second one (only first letter written ...
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How to structure URLs for language localized marketing and admin pages

So I have let's say 20 languages the marketing pages of the website are localized into. I am thinking of doing this... mywebsite.com/en/page-1 mywebsite.com/en/page-2 mywebsite.com/zh/page-1 ...
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"last active" or "recent activity"

There is a table of company records in our application which displays the timestamp of the last successful login. We assume that this is the last known timestamp when a user (who belongs to a company ...
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Why is it that version managers are always mentioned after the installation instructions?

As much as I want to put this on StackOverflow, I think this particular question fits better here. I hope this doesn't sound too petty, but this is something that has always bothered me. I've always ...
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Multilingual Comments on my website

I have a website which contains description, title, cover of movie or some other things. On the bottom I have Facebook comments. I have a 2 questions. Should I change Facebook comments to Disqus ...
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How to present multiple fields of activities in different languages on a simple landing page?

I'm an IT professional working for a larger enterprise in Switzerland. Furthermore, I'm a freelancer (mostly voluntary activities for schools and very small companies) in my home country Germany. ...
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How to graphically represent a language

Websites often present language selection to users with flag icons, but I think this is simply wrong. Flags represent countries. There are two reasons for a user to change the display language (or at ...
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Is there a standard for capitalization of Android app menuitems?

For menuitems in Android apps, is there a standard for capitalizing (or not capitalizing) each word within each menuitem? For example: Open View log Exit versus: Open View Log Exit
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Dropdowns & Chevrons for Right to Left languages

Assuming we have use a dropdown with a chevron to indicate that it is in fact a dropdown, does the position of the chevron change depending on the directionality of the language? I.E. does the chevron ...
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Common website phrases in multiple languages?

Is there a resource anywhere that lists common web UI phrases in multiple languages? I'm interested in having quick access to translations of phrases like cancel, save, welcome, and so on for quick ...
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Language Selector

I need to integrate a language selector in my app with 2 ones: Spanish Basque I have two options, adding "Spanish / Basque" but, in responsive I need the prefixes, but I'm unable to find the ...
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How the fastest Spanish keyboard users type accent marks and Spanish-specific characters

Wondering what a proficient, super skilled Spanish text/copy editor individual does to type accents like á and tilde's like ñ. Wondering if they, on a Mac, would use the popup that appears if you hold ...
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Best practice for multi-language mails?

I have to design an email invitation for a customer. The customer offers a service for companies to communicate with their suppliers. So the companies enter the email addresses of their suppliers, and ...
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What are best practices for providing change language options on multilingual site

My site has a multilingual audience. The site (WatStory) is a writing/ blogging and reading community and supports 3 languages (English, Hindi, Bengali) right now. Content is largely user generated. ...
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2 languages simultaneously on user interface?

We are building a data community for both the Chinese and the English market and we hope the audiences with different languages blend in as one. So we don't want to go with the traditional language ...
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Need Advice - One website with "bilingual" (Spanish/English) languages

I need some accessibility and usability advice for a website. I am a designer volunteering for a non-profit and is my team (product manager and three developers). I am working on a site where my ...
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Design language system

I hope this is relevant to UX as most articles about DLS`s are written by UX designers. I read many articles about it but couldn`t find any mentions about: Who is responsible with creating a DLS ( ...
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If there is no translation for page, how to display language selector

I have a site in two different languages, let's say English and Swedish. There's a language selector in the top right corner which displays these languages and allows you to switch between these. ...
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Changing a logo&address when user changing a language

What is best practices for changing a logo&address when user is changing a language of the site? The site is now runing on sample.com/de Now we starting with new brand on othersample.de Any good ...
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Why does Google Maps translate/transliterate English street names to Hangul?

I've always wondered something, about how Maps (and a lot of other apps, like the native iOS weather app) convert city names and street names to Hangul (the Korean alphabet), as apposed to leaving ...
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UX principles for multilanguage websites?

Different websites--even the largest and most popular-- take different approaches to localization, and I suspect that not all are very user friendly. By looking at examples online and reading articles,...
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Language selector for subpages only

Have you seen any examples of websites using language selectors for select sub-pages only? Target audience for the product are English speakers. However, they employ a lot of Spanish speaking people, ...
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Should you have a language switcher on a website or use the browser's language preference (or both)?

Since the user's language preference can be retrieved from navigator.language or the Accept-Language header, is it necessary to provide a language switcher on the page itself? Some reasons given to ...

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