Platform (Android, iOS, Website): Android 12 App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): 1.29.2 (576) Please note that the language of the system is English and it differs from the language selected in the app. Region for common names: Czechia Browser, if a website…

This should be fixed in the latest public release, 1.29.5 (579).

The same happens for every Android version I have used using Dutch and many names appearing in English or scientific names first. Even though I have it set to Dutch names first. It happens so often I barely pay attention to it most of the time… Currently on 1.29.3 (577) [Screenshot_20230725-22262…

Good enough. However, I suspect there to be multiple causes of this. I feel it sometimes, somehow, has something to do with other info I load in the app. Some interaction between languages feels to have an impact on the displayed name. I can’t quite pinpoint when it exactly happens though.

Have you changed your device’s language to see if that affects what’s shown in the app?

This is progress. Device language changed to Dutch. Restarted the app (maybe too fast). No changes. I logged out and back in, now all the names are Dutch or scientific names: [Screenshot_20230725-225635]

Device language definitely affects the displayed language sometimes: I changed the device language to English again. I closed the app for a minute. I start the app. And some names change back to English. [Screenshot_20230725-230024]

Okay, it gets… more elaborate. I just checked my account settings, and after logging out and in, the language settings apparently changed to “use device language”. It wasn’t on that before. I now changed it to Dutch, and again, all names are in Dutch again. Current view: [Screenshot_20230725-2322…

[image] tisli: The same happens for every Android version I have used using Dutch and many names appearing in English or scientific names first. I cannot reproduce this, but I’ve the device language is not English. Ground Yellowjackets https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61356-Vespula#taxonom…

[image] tisli: Some interaction between languages feels to have an impact on the displayed name. I described a suspected cause for a language change in an above post. But maybe the displayed names on the observation page changing to English is caused simply by going to the ‘Activity/My conten…

I have some semi-related issues where certain species names only appear in Thai now when I only use the website in english. Oh well, it helps me learn the species names in Thai. I don’t know what triggered it but a few have swapped over.

Many strings in Android app switch itself to English, most often taxon names but also some app strings

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tiwane July 25, 2023, 8:37pm 3

I made a Github issue for this a few weeks ago. Does this describe it pretty well? https://github.com/inaturalist/iNaturalistAndroid/issues/1285

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Many strings in Android app switch itself to English, most often taxon names but also some app strings

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