This script simplifies AO3's language search and filtering options. Finding fic in the right language(s) can be frustrating: whether you want to browse exclusively in English, browse in anything but English, or search through multiple languages simultaneously, this is the script for you.
Choose one or more of these features:
Show only your chosen languages in the dropdown list
Bold some languages to make it easier to find them in the dropdown
Autofill for every search (filters can still be cleared/changed by hand):
- Monolingual: automatically set the dropdown to your preferred language
- Multilingual: add a query to show fic in multiple languages at once (e.g. European Portuguese AND Brazilian Portuguese, "language_id:ptPT OR language_id:ptBR")
Edit the script to add your preferred languages and choose which features you want. Autofill is disabled by default as it carries a small risk of hiding mistagged fic. Note that AO3 uses a mix of 2 and 3-character language codes: the full list (as of this writing) is at the bottom of the script.
(Multilingual search may place more of a load on the servers, but I am not sure how AO3 handles such queries. If your searches seem slow, try removing some languages - and let me know in the comments.)
Works on every search or browse page with language filters, including bookmarks.
The script icon is the cuneiform unicode 𒈾 "NA" which, besides belonging to 𒂍𒀀 𒈾𒍢𒅕 aka Ea-nāṣir, also happens to look like a (babel)fish.
(WIP: Maybe a button to manually add multilingual search strings to the search box.)
