Why is Microsoft Edge detecting the wrong language on my site?

Megan Bores 0
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I'm creating an Angular web app in English, but when I visit the site using Edge, it thinks my site is in Italian. I have absolutely no idea what would make it think that, and everything I find on the subject is geared towards Edge users changing their settings or translating pages. The end user shouldn't have to change any of their settings; they should never get a message that the site is in Italian in the first place.

How is Edge detecting language, and how can I configure my site so that it detects English? The only thing I know is having <html lang="en">, and I have that.

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1 Answers

Normally you can specify the language via "lang" attribute. Since it doesn't work in this case, I suggest 3 possible workarounds:

  1. Try making your <html> look like this: <html lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">
  2. Try adding this <meta> tag: <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">
  3. If none of the workarounds above solves this issue, you can directly disable the translator prompt via this <meta> tag: <meta name="google" content="notranslate"> PS: Don't worry because users can still use the translation feature manually.
Kendrick Li0
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