# Is there any way to let language selector display 'English' instead of 'en'?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年4 月 7 日 04:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-let-language-selector-display-english-instead-of-en/14518 "2014-04-07T04:39:19Z")\
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发布日期： [2017 年11 月 28 日 18:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-let-language-selector-display-english-instead-of-en/14518/7 "2017-11-28T18:51:22Z")

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Hi, sorry for the question, but I’m confused.

If I turn OFF “Allow users to choose their own language interface preference” then the interface language selector is not available. So… how will Spanish speaking users be able to have the interface be in Spanish? It seems that they would not be able to do so.

Alternatively, if I turn ON this feature, then the list appears per the screenshot above and is #pr-welcome. It would be excellent for the user view to be the same as the admin view.

Am I missing another option whereby Discourse automatically recognizes a user’s desired interface and gives them their language choice from the first time they visit the forum?

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