[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Bad localization for names in links (#2755)

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Thu Aug 6 12:15:59 UTC 2020


[Freiburg Minster](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/110404213) has several names:

tag | value
-- | --
name 	 |Münster Unserer Lieben Frau
name:de 	 |Münster Unserer Lieben Frau
name:en 	 |Freiburg Minster
name:he 	 |קתדרלת פרייבורג
name:ru 	 |Фрайбургский мюнстер

[Wermter Fashion](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6352395085) has two names:

tag | value
-- | --
name  |Wermter Mode
name:en  |Wermter Fashion

Both are located in [Germany](https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51477) for which the official language is German `default_language=de`).

Let's set `fr` as preferred language in user preference if the user is connected (or in the browser preference if not connected).

For the minster I get:
Chemin : Freiburg Minster (110404213).

_Chemin_, not Weg or Way as I said I prefer French user interface. That's good.

But _Freiburg Minster_ instead of _Münster Unserer Lieben Frau_ :-(.
Why not using the default name as I didn't say I spoke English? The map by default displays the local name.
As German and French share a Latin alphabet (like English) there is no good reason to promote English over the local name, is it? A bad one may be simplicity^^.

I would expect: use `name:fr` if it exists, else use `int_name`, else use `name`.

For the fashion shop I get:
Nœud : Wermter Fashion (6352395085).

Same issue.

If I set the locales to `fr de`, then I get:
Chemin : Münster Unserer Lieben Frau (110404213). Good but for a bad reason (the German name is entered twice, once as `name` as it should but a second - redundant - time as `name:de`).
Nœud : Wermter Fashion (6352395085).
This time bad for two reasons: 

- I'm still not supposed to speak English, therefore name is better.
- I'm supposed to speak German and name is in German (due to the location).

Note: ticket due to the [discussion on OSM France mailing list](http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/noms-anglais-en-Allemagne-td5972300.html).

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