>The way of translating what I write is up to everyone. But, I know that everytime I answer those extremely sensitive topics here in the Chatter forum, I take time to re-read what I wrote in order to make sure it will be easy to understand from everyone. But, no matter what I write, in most cases, it always turns against me, or worst if I would avoid answering at all. The original topic has also been shifted based on what I read in the follow up message. The original topic was to find a way to find Spanish content. I answered in the best I could. But, now, it seems to have turned into a foreign languages debate and I will not get involved in that. There was many reasons to put it back in its original format. Having all content into VFP forum is what it was before and this is the way it is now again. Basically, members are free to post in any language they want. As long as the initial language of the thread is not shifted along the way, this wouldn't interfere with the rules. However,
>answering in English is always accepted all the way as we have adopted it as the universal and main language of the site. So, you have the opportunity to post as often as you want in your preferred languages by selecting the most appropriate category you could think of. I believe this is much better than creating three more categories where all content of those foreign languages would be dropped in without any categorization at all. And, by doing that, we would end up with 3 more categories and we already have too much. Yes, there was complaints about that. The highest the number of categories in a forum, the more it is difficult to find the one to post in. We need to find the proper level. The site has been way to complex during the last few years and we want really too far as customization. With the new migration, some related topics have been covered and adjusted. That's just one of them.


Michel,

What about a simplified language tool, something that will allow to search or filter messages by language? It can be easily (it is always easy when someone else is doing it, right? <g>) done by having a drop down language selection list when creating the message, so the original poster can set the language of the thread. This can be even have a default value in the user's profile, similar as what it is today the computer language/version/database etc.