Question Optional German Language on Forum

I know not all members here are native English speakers and I get a lot of questions about how to use features on the forum. It is possible to have all the native buttons/links/basic features/many modifications translated into German. I do already have two other languages installed on the forum (Nederlands and Norsk) but they only cover the basic forum features or a couple modifications. The German language packs available, on the other hand, have translations done for almost every modification that's on the forum.

If some of you native German speakers would prefer to see all the buttons/instructions in German that can be done......but I would need some help from someone that speaks German since these language packs are hosted on a German forum and they cannot be downloaded until I follow some instructions that are written in German. (I would have already installed the language packs if I knew what I needed to do to get my hands on the translation files.)

If you think it would help you, or you would just prefer to see the forum in German (minus the user submitted content) then let me know and I can get it installed.

FYI: The language options are at the bottom left of the page. Just click on "English (US)" in the footer and you will get the other language options already installed.

 

Some people are more comfortable with controls in their native language. Many primarily English websites offer this even though their primary content is in English. It could also be used to help those that do not speak English well by putting a language banner under those people who have German selected as the forum language. If someone doesn't understand a post but wants the information they could use the private conversation feature to contact someone who could explain in German the answer given in English on the forum. The German translations are free and would only take a couple minutes to install on the forum. If it is not going to help anyone then I won't waste the time.

I can't really see a German section for the forum because I don't speak German and moderating such a place would be next to impossible.

The forum software has also been extensively translated into French.....but whoever did those translations thinks their time is worth a lot of money (about the cost of the forum software itself). lol

I agree. I just uploaded the two languages to learn how it was done. I didn't think those two would really help anyone out....which is why I didn't even mention that I had installed them. I also wanted to see how Google would index the site with additional languages installed.

Nah. Posts in other languages (except Filipino languages/dialects in the Pinoy Ako forum) would be removed before that had a chance to develop.

Oddly enough the forum software is actually developed in the UK. I have no idea why they put English US as the standard language.

 

Lol Turns out it was questioned on the xenforo forum:


And the answer as to why it is in American (aka "Correct" ) English is:


'Muricah!