Automatic text translation at MSDN pages - How to turn off?

marc wellman picture marc wellman · Jun 7, 2012 · Viewed 13.9k times · Source

Is there a way to turn off the automatic text translation at the MSDN library pages ?

I do prefer English text but due to having a German IP address Microsoft activates the automatic translation on every new page load which gives me a yellow box with a German translation of the text I am currently hovering over with the mouse.

This happens regardless what language is initially set in the right upper corner and regardless of whether I am logged in or not.

I can't tell how annoying this is !!

Any ideas, anyone ?

Answer

Chris wendt picture Chris wendt · Jun 14, 2012

When you hit the "Original" radio button at the top, you see English, with German in the yellow hover box. If you visit the original English site, you don't see a translation, not even on hover. You switch to English by replacing /de-de/ in the URL with /en-us/. As in

German (translation or original with translation on hover):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.diagnostics.contracts.contractargumentvalidatorattribute(v=vs.110).aspx

English only (no translation):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.contracts.contractargumentvalidatorattribute(v=vs.110).aspx