Côte d’Ivoire its not translated

[jas1]

value: Côte d’Ivoire filter: iso 2 code.

where i got the iso 2 code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coast

reprex:

library(countrycode)
library(tidyverse)
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countrycode::codelist %>% 
  select(cldr.short.en,cldr.short.es,iso2c,iso3c,un.name.en,country.name.en) %>% 
  filter(iso2c=="CI")
#>   cldr.short.en cldr.short.es iso2c iso3c    un.name.en country.name.en
#> 1 Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire    CI   CIV Côte D'Ivoire   Côte d’Ivoire

should say:

english value: Ivory Coast spanish value: Costa de Marfil

[vincentarelbundock]

"cldr" is a unicode initiative to offer standardized country names. The official cldr name for that country is "Côte d’Ivoire". Obviously, that is one of the more contentious choices, since the organization discusses this specific case on their website:

http://cldr.unicode.org/translation/country-names

For what it's worth, the ISO org also uses the French version, even in their English codes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes

Currently, the "default" country names in countrycode are "cldr". I think that's defensible, but I'm open to arguments.

If you want "Ivory Coast", you could use one of the other country name schemes supported by countrycode. See:

library(tidyverse)
countrycode::codelist %>%    
    filter(iso2c == 'CI') %>%    
    select(matches('name'), -matches('cldr'))    

[cjyetman]

closing since there's been no response and a suitable answer was given

[jas1]

Thanks for the answers. :)