name:lang tags are for the name in lang, not for the name translated to lang. My neighborhood name could be translated into many languages, but that doesnt mean it has anything other than an English name.
Its also important to remember that English is not a default in OSM names From: Peter Davies [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 3:25 PM To: Simon Poole Cc: OSM US Talk Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Using 'Kort' outside of Switzerland Simon, I tried Kort here in Portland, Oregon. It gave me some interesting things to think about. I'd hoped to send them to talk-ch, but it seems I can't without subscribing in the longer term. Maybe you can relay this to your local colleagues? Kort gave me three types of mission. One was to enter the language of some street names here in Portland. The second was to enter some speed limits, and the third was to name a pub. As feedback, and as a suggestion on how the game might need to be modified for countries outside Switzerland, I don't think that specifying the language of a street sign is useful in essentially monolingual countries. In the USA, street signs should always be considered to be in English. There is no reason to tag them with any language in OpenStreetMap. English is the default. There are interesting questions, of course: El Camino Real is a common street name in California, and is obviously Spanish, so what is the correct English name? Is it "The Royal Road"? No, I don't think so; we would not want to translate this to create an American English name. The correct name in English is "El Camino Real." The Spanish name has been adopted into English usage. Local English speakers would all say "El Camino Real." These thoughts lead me to the "Avenue des Champs-Élysées". Should we write "Elysian Fields Avenue" in English? No, of course not. Almost everyone has heard of the Champs-Élysées, and no-one would dream of writing the "Elysian Fields". So should we be translating street names at all
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