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splash · Joined: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:14 pm Posts: 34

I arrived in Switzerland when i started in the French part ALL search results were in French,as i moved to the German part German Confused

Then google didnt work at all,click on results got time out or problem loading page.Changed to Bing which dosnt have the choise of US,UK,Chine specific search as google so again all site in German Sad

Then i went to the google android aps store to get instagram the page was in German

OK i found at the bottem a language change BUT HOW can i stop pages being displayed in the local language???????

I dont mean say a French site for French people i mean sites that start off as English language sites with translations into say French

Bings the worst.its now fast better than google recently but no way to tell it my first language is English Rolling Eyes

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nelz · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject:

If you're logged into your Google account, you can set your preferred language in the language section of your settings.
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Paradigm Shifter · Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 1:16 pm Posts: 84

If you don't want to log in, or don't have a Google account, then using https://www.google.com seems to override every other setting for me. Failing that, use NoScript to stop the scripting, see if that stops language auto-select.

nelz · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 10:55 pm Post subject:

If he is trying to install software from Google Market/Play/Whateveritscalledthis week, he must have a Google account.
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Paradigm Shifter · Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 1:16 pm Posts: 84

guy · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject:

Check the url in the toolbar. Is it insisting on .fr or .ge? I sometimes want to choose between .uk and .com (USA). On my Android I have resorted to bookmarking each, as in http://www.google.co.uk/ and http://www.google.com (can't remember if the end slash matters), and Google seems to respect that.

Worth a try, would be interested to know how you get on.
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JustSomeGeek · Joined: Tue May 01, 2012 2:07 pm Posts: 19

I don't know if it's any help, but when i want to use google.de in the UK it always comes up in English (really annoying), but underneath the search box is a small link to change it to German.

I'd guess that the opposite might also apply and show an option to view a US/UK Google in English when abroad?