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Multilingual interface preferences

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Maria Gäde,

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IIiX '14: Proceedings of the 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium

Pages 231 - 234

https://doi.org/10.1145/2637002.2637030

Published: 26 August 2014 Publication History

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The most common level of multilinguality in information systems is the adaptation of the interface language. In this paper, the usage of multilingual interfaces is investigated and a comparison between interface language preferences for daily versus occasional usage as well as automatic versus user-triggered interface language change settings is drawn. The study presents the results of a log file analysis of 10 months of Europeana usage data, the digital library for Europe's cultural institutions such as libraries, audio-visual archives, and museums. In total, 1,071,872 sessions from 21 countries are analyzed with respect to their browser, Google referrer and Europeana interface language preferences. Both browser and search engine result page referrer language indicate a strong preference for native language use. In contrast, the analysis of the Europeana interface language use and interface language change indicates weaker preferences for native languages and a stronger acceptance of the default English version. Instead, language information from the query, facet usage as well as objects viewed could reveal language preferences.

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Multilingual interface preferences
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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IIiX '14: Proceedings of the 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium

August 2014

368 pages

ISBN:9781450329767

DOI:10.1145/2637002

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