I've been using siduction since its inception, and, I to had to disable GTranslate from Firefox. Even when not in use it was causing a memory leak. Clicking the American flag at the top of the forum thread still gives a decent translation. Well, maybe not the best, but enough to understand what is being written. When I get the "This page is already in English" error occurs, I find a second click on the page with the error usually brings up the translation. I find that if there is something important going on with the Upgrade warnings, someone will also post the warning in English, devil makes sure of that.
I miss the early days of sidux when there many more US people here, but, over the years, things change. Linux has changed, and many of the independent distros like siduction have faded away, or have become more aligned with corporate interests. Luckily, the devs of siduction are still very much engaged in their craft, so, this independent distro lives on. To me, the language difficulty is a minor problem, although I do admit it's a problem.