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by Symbiote 2663 days ago
> I work in an international organization in Czech. The local IT team installs Windows in the local language, then sets it to English

That doesn't make sense. If the OS is "set to English", how do programs know to run in Czech?

Anyway, we just install Windows in English. (British English, so the dates appear the right way around and there's a chance of metric measurements.)
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cdtwoaway 2663 days ago
User / Domain profiles that set the language of wherever you login. The "original" installation remains in Czech.

Yes, it would be preferable to have the installations in English initially. But we weren't always international and not all of our employees speak English well (this is common for older people - former UDSSR ..., admin staff and people in roles that don't require a college education). There are still legacy tools in Czech, fully Czech teams (who obviously work partially in their native language), a need to work in the local language (procurement, legal topics,..) etc. It's just not economic to completely enforce English.

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Markoff 2663 days ago
just FYI Czechia was never part of USSR and it's quite offensive to tell it to Czech person after being occupied for decades by Soviet military. that's like saying Afghanistan and Iraq are US states to people living there, just because US occupied their country
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cdtwoaway 2663 days ago
You are correct, I was sloppy writing that and apologize.

Growing up, I learned that Czechoslovakia was part of the "Eastern Bloc" and we were never taught much about the individual countries and their peoples. Moving there taught me a lot more about the country and its neighbors' history and culture, and also my own culture.

Although I'm not sure about "Central Europe".

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Markoff 2662 days ago
it all comes down where you think Vienna it's, because it's for sure more eastern city than Prague, but i don't see people calling Austria eastern European country, which is political from before 1989

i have no problem ignoring central Europe when people will be consistent about geography especially regarding Austria, but since nobody it's putting Austria in eastern Europe then we have to live with Central Europe, after all Europe ends at Ural, so calling Czechia eastern Europe it's quite a stretch

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def_true_false 2663 days ago
> Although I'm not sure about "Central Europe".

This term predates the Iron Curtain.

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