From b2c4e46180117b0f7bdbbee0907c03c5884bfb55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MartinBraquet <martin.braquet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:29:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use locale to infer user spoken language

---
 web/components/required-profile-form.tsx | 2 +-
 web/pages/signup.tsx                     | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/components/required-profile-form.tsx b/web/components/required-profile-form.tsx
index 7db99aea..5c3d2d68 100644
--- a/web/components/required-profile-form.tsx
+++ b/web/components/required-profile-form.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const initialRequiredState = {
   city: '',
   pinned_url: '',
   photo_urls: [],
-  languages: ['english'],
+  languages: [],
   bio: null,
 }
 
diff --git a/web/pages/signup.tsx b/web/pages/signup.tsx
index 8628deb5..8e395868 100644
--- a/web/pages/signup.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/signup.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {useProfileByUserId} from 'web/hooks/use-profile'
 import {ProfileWithoutUser} from 'common/profiles/profile'
 import {PageBase} from "web/components/page-base";
 import {SEO} from "web/components/SEO";
-import {useT} from 'web/lib/locale'
+import {useLocale, useT} from 'web/lib/locale'
 
 export default function SignupPage() {
   const t = useT()
@@ -55,9 +55,13 @@ export default function SignupPage() {
     }
   }, [user, holdLoading])
 
+  const {locale} = useLocale()
+  const language = {en: 'english', fr: 'french'}[locale]
+
   // Omit the id, created_time?
   const [profileForm, setProfileForm] = useState<ProfileWithoutUser>({
     ...initialRequiredState,
+    languages: language ? [language] : [],
   } as any)
   const setProfileState = (key: keyof ProfileWithoutUser, value: any) => {
     setProfileForm((prevState) => ({...prevState, [key]: value}))