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The R translation teams have done a great job in making R usable for people who do not have English as their mother tongue. However, even within English speaking countries, there are groups which have trouble with the language, and it may be valuable to support the Sociolects of these groups too. Thanks to a generous contribution from Lars Polifo, these features will be made available in an upcoming version of R. As it turns out, there are some particularly interesting challenges that needs to be addressed. Consider for instance the translation of the t test in the lo...