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So why didn’t anybody tell me this…???
Tonight - for the first time - I clicked the Preferences link in Google.
Normally I tell people: click every button, just to see what happens. But not Google: I just see right through it, I am always so busy doing stuff with Google that I didn’t even think about my Google preferences.
Man, how did I not know this.
The first preference it asks you for is Interface Language.
And they are not kidding around - here are the options.
AfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBihariBork, bork, bork!BosnianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchElmer FuddEnglishEsperantoEstonianFaroeseFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHackerHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIndonesianInterlinguaIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKlingonKoreanLatinLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalayalamMalteseMarathiNepaliNorwegianNorwegian (Nynorsk)OccitanPersianPig LatinPolishPortuguese (Brazil)Portuguese (Portugal)PunjabiRomanianRussianScots GaelicSerbianSinhaleseSlovakSlovenianSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilTeluguThaiTigrinyaTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaZulu
Every language teacher should know this - unless you are teaching Tatar or Tibetan, two of the languages that are still under development.
The Latin is wonderful! I saved Latin as my interface language and now I can explorare Googles ope - search by means of Google. I cannot believe I was teaching online Latin and did not know that I could have my whole interface in Latin.

Look at the great advice it gives me when my search fails:

Believe me - it’s good advice!
And then there is… Klingon.

I can change my preferences to Klingon, but what if I cannot find the English option to change my preferences back to English. I don’t know how to say “English” in Klingon! (In Latin, you have to change your interface back to Anglica).
Okay, I’m going to take the plunge. Here’s Klingon Google: I’ll do an image search (apparently “nagh beQ nejwI’”) for Worf. It works:

And thank goodness: apparently “English” in Klingon is just that: English. So I was able to save my preferences back to English.
So… why didn’t anybody tell me about this? It just goes to show: everybody keeps the best secrets for themselves!
Actually no - they just assume that you know already… but until we all do become omniscient: click every button and every link… or else you will never know what is out there!