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I was wondering about the same thing as GP. I live in a European capital (one of the smaller ones), and I basically don't ever see anything like this. If there's any signs in other languages then they're almost always in English. (We don't get much immigration from English-speaking countries.)



Interesting! Is that because you don't have large immigrant populations, or is it more cultural where it's seen as important for newcomers to assimilate to the local culture?

In the US & Canada, of course, the vast majority of the population is descended from people who immigrated here. It would make sense for it to be more normalized here for public spaces to cater to those who don't yet speak the local language.


We do have large immigrant populations, but have a fairly active integration policy. It's not a major success, but at least free language education seems to have helped a lot.

There's foreign languages on "call family in your home country" type ads and on various official information (e.g. posters during the pandemic), but very rarely on storefronts and the like.




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