Species suggestions: selection and order

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Sometimes I use the German version of iNat, sometimes the English version. During identification sessions, I saw that the suggestions differ depending on the selected language. When I type zw to get Zweikeimblättrige (dicots), it is shown as the first item when the German version is selected, but as the second item when the English version is selected; oddly, the English vresion prefers to suggest the Polish Zwierzeta which comes last in the German version:

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Beyond that, some entries only show up in English, and others only in German; the English version offers Dutch suggestions, too (I do not know which language Zwikonyana belongs to).
I feel a little confused.
What’s the background for those differences?

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I can’t help with the underlying question, but it looks like Zwierzęta [edit: top choice on the English-language “zw” search] is Polish. I’m not sure what language Zwikonyana is…Google Translate’s “detect language” came up with Swahili but didn’t translate it

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One source indicates that it means ‘insect’ in Kalanga, which is spoken from SW Zimbabwe to North Central - NE Botswana.

If you paste Zwikonyana into the iNat search bar it also reads as ‘insects’, so the listed source is probably correct.

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^ From the iNat Taxonomy tab on Insecta.

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One that often bugs me is ‘Q’ brings up section Quercus before genus Quercus

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How do we trick the system into offering genus?
I get everything but, with the genus off the bottom of list.

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That does not happen when I use German language. But take care: “Montiaceae (Quellkrautgewächse)” comes first in the list, followed by Quercus (genus), Ambistomatidae (Querzahnmolche), and Quercus (section) on 4th place.

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It also seems to depend on how much autocompletion is needed:

Quercu produces th eundesired result, but
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Quercus gives what one’d actually want.
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I wish I knew how to prioritize the names so this wouldn’t happen, or if it’s even possible.

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