I am spending an increasing amount of time in translation. I welcome all new comers and I understand that it is much more comfortable to be able to communicate in your native language. I am fortunate in that I know a smattering of a few languages and with the help of a dictionary and online translators I can get by, but I would encourage that English be used as much as possible. I would think that some of our members are missing out on some of the fun either because they can't or do not wish to do the translation.
But on the other hand, I do not want our non-English speaking members to abandon the forum. They would be sorely missed. We will get by regardless of the language posted (but I will tell you I have a
really hard time with some of the Scandinavian and Cyrillic stuff
)