> Maybe you wanted to say that many Europeans speak English so well,
> that they do not need translations?

It is my observation as well: Some users are hostile towards the
notion of translated software. Those are typically not native English
speakers, but people who found, at one time or the other, reason to
complain about translations. They do so for all operating systems,
making fun of erroneous translations (such as the infamous "Pfeife
zerbrochen" of SINIX, or translations that an MS employee came up
with).

Unfortunately (I think), those people then come to the conclusion that
translations, in general, suck, where I feel that the right conclusion
should have been that translations, like all other parts of software,
may have bugs that need to be reported and fixed. Those people ignore
that many other people have less problems using computers if the
computers complain in their native tongue. Unfortunately, again, the
group complaining about translations is often more vocal about it.

I don't know whether this is a European phenomenon only, or whether
people in other continents develop the same dislike towards their own
language when interacting with computers. Most certainly, native
English speakers are neutral towards translations, since they don't
need them and can't comment on their quality and usefulness.

Kind regards,
Martin

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