> People may prefer the English experience because they expect the translated version to be inferior
No, it is not about expectations. In +95% of cases[1] the localized[2] version is objectively worse, to the point where it often only is possible for me to understand by first translating it back to English.
If you give me a localized version first, and don’t give me an obvious way to permanently choose English, I’m likely gone.
[1] Mostly excluding the big ones (MS, Apple, etc), but quite often they fail too
[2] My first language is one of the smaller European languages (<20M speakers), perhaps bigger languages have higher quality.
No, it is not about expectations. In +95% of cases[1] the localized[2] version is objectively worse, to the point where it often only is possible for me to understand by first translating it back to English.
If you give me a localized version first, and don’t give me an obvious way to permanently choose English, I’m likely gone.
[1] Mostly excluding the big ones (MS, Apple, etc), but quite often they fail too
[2] My first language is one of the smaller European languages (<20M speakers), perhaps bigger languages have higher quality.