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In Swiss Intercity trains, station names are usually announced in the 3 national languages plus English. Even though nowadays, the announcements are recordings by a professional speaker, some place names (e.g. Spiez) stubbornly resist "translation". On the other hand, Basel used to be Basle in English, Bāle in French, Basilea in Italian, until officialdom decided on a radical simplification (there was no popular vote): everybody has to say Basel now.
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