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ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 11:42 am

I started to make an appointment for my ITV.
After filling in: Licence plate and Veh reg. I then select "Periodical" I then get the "Cita Propuesta" page.
( I live in Torrox: nearest station is Algarrobo).
However, the "Proposed Station" is shown as " ITVCarob".
Oddly enough,for a split-second,as the page opens it does actually say " Algarrobo", but then,in a flash, becomes "ITV Carob"
If I opt to "Change station", the drop-down list does not show Algarrobo.
Does anyone know what is happenning please?
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Re: ITV appt.

Postby gerryh » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:05 pm

Just tried it and comes up with Algarrobo every time for me.
Couldn't see an "ITV Carob" in the list of alternative stations.
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Re: ITV appt.

Postby Enrique » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:13 pm

Hi jonbar.1,

Clear the cache and cookies for the ITV site.........

https://www.itvcita.com/

The try again.
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Re: ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:16 pm

Thanks Gerry.
That's weird :think: .It's the first time this has happened.

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Re: ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:22 pm

Thanks Enrique.
That sounds like a good idea...sadly I haven't the faintest idea how to do it.
Any help please ?

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Re: ITV appt.

Postby Enrique » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:38 pm

Hi jonbar.1,

Google how to clear specific cookie and cache " insert your Browser"............ no quotes

Some light reading.............

https://winbuzzer.com/2021/06/22/how-to ... ox-xcxwbt/
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Re: ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:43 pm

Update Enrique:
I googled " how to clear a website data in Chrome"
This worked :thumbup: I can now use the site using Chrome.
It still does not work in "Edge" which is my prefered browser. Is there a way to clear the site data in this browser?
Thankyou JB

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Re: ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:46 pm

Sorry Enrique.
Sent my last reply before I saw yours :silent:

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Re: ITV appt.

Postby El Cid » Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:51 pm

It’s the auto translate. A Carob is algarrobo in Spanish

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Re: ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:39 pm

Thanks Sid
However the translator is working OK.Every page of the site is translated.
Everything is in English.The only word which does not make sense ( Spanish?) Is "Carob"
As I explained: when the "Proposed Citation" page opens it shows "Algorrobo" for a split- second then "Carob".
This is now only a problem in the Edge browser.
Chrome is OK.
Enrique: I tried all the instructions in the link you sent me( Clearing data etc); but the site still does not work in Edge.
As It's OK in Chrome, I'm reluctant to waste everyone's time any further.It's just annoying me that I can't get it to work in Edge ( irrational pride !) :x
Oddly; it is also fine in Firefox.
Thanks : Gerry, Sid & Enrique for your input.
JB

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Re: ITV appt.

Postby peteroldracer » Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:57 pm

Sadly even the best online translators cannot differenciate between names (which should never be translated) and objects - and also do not pick up that apart from pets and boats English uses gender-neutral terms. So a bar called "El Caracole" changes to "The Snail" - not helpful if you are looking for the name sign, and Facebook group comments about films say "I enjoyed her" rather than "it". I find it best to read the thing in Spanish, using translation only for the words I don't know. I have yet to find a website with an English option to be much use as no-one seems to think of passing the text to a native English speaker to correct it.
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Re: ITV appt.

Postby jonbar.1 » Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:35 am

I agree Petrololdracer.
I use "Translate" then double check it , esp.for proper nouns.
I have to admit that I couldn't understand , when using Amazon.es on my browser,why it showed "Amazon.is" in the address bar.....then I realised that Google had translated "es" as "is" ( as in the verb "to be") :roll:


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