# Getting common names in Spanish while identifying

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**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [May 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/getting-common-names-in-spanish-while-identifying/64945 "2025-05-09T17:29:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![swords](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/swords/32/54579_2.png) [@swords](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/swords)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/getting-common-names-in-spanish-while-identifying/64945/1 "2025-05-09T17:29:25Z")

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While typing in an identification in the species name search bar, it gives me some common names in Spanish, even though my language is set to English. Not sure if this is normal.

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**Author:** ![yayemaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/yayemaster/32/12153_2.png) [@yayemaster](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/yayemaster)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/getting-common-names-in-spanish-while-identifying/64945/2 "2025-05-09T17:48:16Z")

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It’s not a bug. The Spanish description of Sapindales and Sapindaceae contains “Maples” in their title, while the English version does not. It is showing any common name containing maple regardless of language.  
Type in dicot and the third option is a collared peccary. “Maia” for _Maianthemum_ gives bananas. It happens for synonyms and other languages all the time.

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/getting-common-names-in-spanish-while-identifying/64945/3 "2025-05-10T13:00:25Z")

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Closed on May 10, 2025, 1:00pm UTC

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