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

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014年四月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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**Post date:** [2017年十一月28日 19:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-let-language-selector-display-english-instead-of-en/14518/8 "2017-11-28T19:24:48Z")

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This thread is specifically about displaying “English” instead of “en”. About your question, there is a more recent discussion at [Multilingual sites: ask for preferred language at registration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-sites-ask-for-preferred-language-at-registration/73497)

Short answer: the closest you will get to your scenario is by checking these options in `Settings > Basic setup`:

> - Allow users to choose their own language interface preference
> - set interface language for anonymous users from their web browser’s language headers. (EXPERIMENTAL, does not work with anonymous cache)

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