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I know these language problems exist and this is not the place to dive very deep in this matter. Nevertheless I want to make a point. Many inhabitants of bigger countries like Germany, France, Italy and Spain seem to have the idea that everybody speaks their language, so why should they learn any foreign language... Same issue with much English speaking people btw
Translating is not the solution in my opinion, you have to face we live in a globalizing world, so everybody needs to learn 1 or 2 foreign languages...
Internet is not only a local product but part of a globalizing world, so who wants to keep up with some more then basic ict needs to speak a little bit of English.
And of course, you could make a site like xoops.org multilingual, core and module language. But translating content like news or forum posts is a no go...