# Common names are shown in many different languages while batch editing **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** web\ **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-are-shown-in-many-different-languages-while-batch-editing/6971 "2019-10-03T08:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![wouterkoch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/wouterkoch/32/3836_2.png) [@wouterkoch](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/wouterkoch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-are-shown-in-many-different-languages-while-batch-editing/6971/8 "2020-08-22T09:33:31Z")
I see the Github issue has been closed and deemed “not worth fixing”. I think this is more widespread than just the batch edit though. As [reported](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/wrong-language-of-common-names-in-email/10524) by others, seemingly random languages for vernacular names appear in the emails as well. Even on the taxon pages this issue occurs. I see the French “Bleu Commun d’Europe” as the page title for [that taxon](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55641-Polyommatus-icarus), for example. I checked my account settings and see my localization of common names was set to “North America (Continent)”. I probably picked that once upon a time as it is at the top of the list and I equated that with US English. I guess I am getting the Québecois I deserve! So it seems like choosing large regions, sometimes even including oceans, can cause this. Switching to the United States as a country solved this particular taxon page for me, but maybe I will start seeing more Spanish and Tagalog from now on? I think the common names should be based on the interface language _AND_ the region, rather than just the region. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-are-shown-in-many-different-languages-while-batch-editing/6971)._