Setting Idioma to Zhongwen Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text A stories I recently remembered from our trip to China: During one of our last days in Beijing we went to a large market where people were selling all sorts of stuff. As everywhere in such places, they often tried to warm us up for a sale by asking a whole bunch of friendly questions like "Where are you from?" I lazily replied that I was from Russia and my wife was from Brazil. The next question surprized me a bit more: "Do you speak Spanish?" Asking Brazilians and their spouses if they speak Spanish is one of those things that earns Americans a reputation for being just as dumb as their president, but in China it was more amusing than annoying. "A little bit," I replied, without bothering to lecture her on the fact that Brazilians do not speak Spanish. "Can you help us fix this mp3 player, then?" was the next question. It turned out that while playing with one of the mp3 players that they were selling, they changed the language to Spanish. As is often the case with [bad UI](/archives/2005/08/21/googles_internationalization_blunders), there was no way to change the interface back to Chinese without knowing the Spanish word "idioma." Luckily for her, she was selling her toys at one of the most popular markets in cosmopolitan Beijing, where one can hope to catch a Spanish-speaking Russian. I switched the _idioma_ of the MP3 player back to 中文. They were quite thankful and didn't even try selling anything to us. Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel