E.g., Acer negundo: listed as Boxelder instead of Erable negundo Turdus merula: listed as Eurasian blackbird instead of merle noir If you already have an existing category for this type ofbug report, let me know. Thanks

What type of device are you using and from which locality? It can happen when e.g. your phone is in English or you’re in a country that speaks 2 languages, though on app it often shows English names if there’re no local common names (which is not your case, as both species you listed have correct Fr…

[image] h100: Acer negundo: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47726-Acer-negundo https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12716-Turdus-merula The two species have french names… see comment below.

Did you mean it just as a quick links for others or something else? Because e.g. for blackbird I see a French name just as OP named it (Acer negundo has a different, but still a name). [image]

Quick reference. But https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12716-Turdus-merula does not give a French name for me…

I wonder if those names have assigned places to them, and thus are not shown if you’re not there, but only curators can see that.

Just checked; the french name for Turdus merula isn’t assigned to a place.

Can you please post a screenshot of what you’re seeing? Here are instructions for how to take a screenshot on several types of devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org

Thanks all for your input. I am located in France and I am using a laptop. Here is a double screenshot, showing that the common names of 2 species are not in French while the rest of the screen is. So far, I have only noticed it for 2 species. https://ibb.co/K0q5Bc1 Regards

The bug also appears here: https://ibb.co/F5rM6zp

The bug also appears here: https://ibb.co/G7wyhGc

Bug: Inaturalist French version. Some common names appear in English

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Bug: Inaturalist French version. Some common names appear in English

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