Suggestion: make language switching available in official web help for 12.10 and 12.04 desktops

[Hannie Dumoleyn]

Sorry for my late reaction to this email, but I totally agree with 
Sergey that it would be very useful to be able to select a language. As 
a translator, I often want to see the page in English instead of my 
default language, Dutch.
As an example, see http://ubuntu-manual.org/?lang=en_US, where one can 
choose a language:


So, if more people agree that this is useful, perhaps someone can add it 
to help.ubuntu.com?
Regards,
Hannie

Op 07-05-12 15:09, Sergey Papilin schreef:
> I discovered that https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/ubuntu-help/ and 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-help/ site directories are 
> available in several different languages, but there is no way to 
> switch between them on the site itself.
>
> Currently, to access them, you need to manipulate Accept-Language 
> request header in your browser. In Firefox, it can be done
> (1) by editing intl.accept_languages preference at about:config page,
> (2) in Preferences->Content->Languages window or
> (3) by using an extension like Quick Locale Switcher.
>
> I think it's better practice for multi-language site to provide some 
> control to select the language. It will make difference when a user is 
> not sure he/she understands a sentence in his/her current language 
> correctly and wants to consult the same page in another, or suspects a 
> translation mistake. It will make checking translations for mistakes 
> on-line faster and easier.
>

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