# Simple idea for translator-assisted bilingual forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-idea-for-translator-assisted-bilingual-forum/39268>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** multi-lingual\
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-idea-for-translator-assisted-bilingual-forum/39268 "2016-02-09T07:22:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-idea-for-translator-assisted-bilingual-forum/39268/7 "2016-06-14T20:02:30Z")

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> [@simon](#):
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> there’s a problem that if the locale is changed for an anonymous user on a forum that is using a CDN, the wrong locale may be served to the next anonymous user on their first request to the forum.

I think the degree of the problem is being radically undersold here; dealing with language headers for anons makes caching an absolute nightmare. We weren’t able to even brainstorm a way of doing it _at all_ that wasn’t extremely difficult and complex.

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