It’s no secret that latin american servers are combined with US servers, and that people who don’t speak english, as well as US players who don’t speak spanish - end up playing together. A lot of times from my own personal experience, this isn’t really an issue.
Just now I was in a group doing a keystone mythic, and I advised the group on tactics that have worked great for me, and upon pulling the boss no one but the tank and myself (healer at the time) did the right mechanics, and you know it didn’t end well. Suspecting that perhaps some of the players in the group didn’t speak english (I didnt check servers before the dungeon, because… well I never do.) and asked “habla espanol?” to which 2 of the dps indicated that they spoke spanish. Using google translate to translate my strat advice, both of the dps that acknowledged confirmed they understood. But then did not do the mechanics again, unfortunately.
So my question is, what else could I have done? We ended up continuing to wipe and one of the dps left and shorter after another did. Anyone have any recommendations for how I could have salvaged that situation if it was even possible?
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Speaking the same language doesn’t seem to help very much with whether or not people perform the basic mechanics as that’s more just fundamentals and fight knowledge.
If you have to explain a boss to somebody in a key then it’s already probably gonna be a rough time.
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My experience is usually 50/50 on this. But yeah a language barrier adds a layer of complexity.
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People should actually learn mechanics themselves instead of expecting people in the dungeon how to play
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I guess. Routes can be shared via mdt.
You leave and dont give it a 2nd thought.
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Nothing you could have done if you can’t really type their language. Even with a lot of native english speakers they don’t do mechanics correctly and just try to burn the boss down.
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Yep. 
Unless you massively overgear content you can’t generally brute force it, and this is problematic for people who generally try to coast by just spamming damage.
Because eventually there’s more than one of them in the same group, no mechanics are done and the content is just undoable.
Unfortunately, the only “real” solution here that you yourself can implement is also the most xenophobic: don’t group with players from Latin American servers if you feel the language barrier is a problem.
The optimal solution is for people to learn the content and execute mechanics properly. Depending on what key level you’re in, you need to temper your expectations. Expecting perfect play in the 11-15 bracket for example is a bit of a stretch over expecting people to know what they’re doing in 20s. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
Do no interact with people in dungeons at all and assume everyone know how to play game. It’s personal responsibility to know stuff.
If wipes are really bad then just leave and get another key
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I generally avoid any groups from Azralon, Quel, Rag, etc not really because of a language barrier but usually I’ve have the most toxic experiences with those servers consistently.
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I dont think you did anything wrong really. Sometimes language barriers happen but i think barrier or not, if they werent gonna get it they werent gonna get it. Sometimes you just gotta accept stuff will happen and theres no reasonable way to prevent it.
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Just go up to higher keys, eventually you don’t have to say a single word. It’s not your job to explain fights when the dungeon journal exists (and is translated into every WoW language).
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One thing to keep in mind with Google Translate is that sometimes it is way off from what you said. What I’ve found is that short and simple sentences get the best translations, so stick to things like “On [insert ability name], run away. On [insert second ability name], attack new enemy.” I said ‘attack new enemy’ because idk if ‘add’ would make sense after translation since the MMO use of the word isn’t proper English.
Horde and Alliance have figured out how to emote cuss each other out for decades but ya’ll can’t figure out how to get two latin based languages to communicate?
kek
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Do what any sane person does when playing a video game for fun: don’t waste your time and leave the group.
Cut and paste from google’s translation? I know that’s not very practical.
I know this may sound rough, but learning a second or third language does wonders.
It´s a common thing that US Americans believe, english is all, but truth is, many people in this world do speak a different language.
It takes a few months to learn basic spanish, german or french, it´s more than enough for gaming conversations or traveling abroad.
Imagine how it is playing in Europe, we have tons of languages here 
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If I join a group and it’s full rag/qt I usually give it a shot, if communication becomes necesaary they can figure things out amongst themselves and im fully confident i can do all tank/healer mechanics correctly without needing to say anything. Same rule applies to illidan server groups as sometimes those are full Chinese or even full Korean. I will also run with full OCE groups unless their greeting is “you ok with oce lag?” (the ones who are confident and play well never need to comment about lag) or “sup c***” (I dont care if you think this is a good greeting where you’re from).
If Im making groups for 11 to 15 keys I only invite from English majority speaking servers because I assume some babysitting will be necessary. 16+ keys I invite pretty much anyone but bias for appropriate score. 20+ keys bias for high io and diverse buffs. You pretty much stop needing to communicate past rhe 16 key range.