How to treat English questions which have code in a foreign language?

Question

I know it's of course a dispute whether or not to support foreign languages on StackOverflow. However, my question is a bit different. This question for example is in English, but has code with comments and identifiers in a foreign language. This limits the ability for people to leave answers.

Despite the fact that the example question I linked is poor regardless of language barrier, how should we [the users] handle such questions? Should we...

1. Accept them into StackOverflow and try to translate them?
2. Cast close votes because we cannot understand to answer?
3. Ask the OP to translate it to English for us?
4. Wait for someone else to come translate it for us?

The same also applies when the code its self includes identifiers in a foreign language. In case this original question I linked gets deleted, here's the source from that question:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  X: Integer;
begin
  for x := 1 to 5 do
    if Sender = Botones[x] then //Valida el Boton que provoco el evento
    begin
      Codigo := x;   //Captura la posicion donde se eonctro el objeto que generó el evento
      // ShowMessage(IntToStr(x));
      Exit; //sale del bucle
    end;
end;

Answer 1

Stack overflow comes in a lot of languages now (some still in beta), so if the question itself is in a foreign language you can vote to migrate it if the relevant SO exists. In any case, if the question itself is in English I wouldn't vote to close it. A good answer to the question can still be found without the comments.

For variables / functions names my answer is the same.. sometimes people name their functions do_this() or a variable called $abc even if the OP is a native English speaker.. in this case you wouldn't vote to close it right?

If the code is impossible to understand (English or not) you can ask OP for clarification (or a fiddle if relevant). In my opinion voting to close in these cases is wrong.

Answer 2

The code is actually never in English. It's in Java, C, Python, Perl etc.

What is exactly the source of your concern? Variable names? You don't know what Botones are? Well, they aren't defined anywhere, that's the problem. If they are, it doesn't matter what Botones means, as long as it doesn't make it harder to analyze what's happening with the variable. It's the same name like foo or arr1.

The comments? Well, comments are thought to explain code. If that's their purpose on SO, they should be translated to English. If they doesn't provide any helpful information, they are noise and can be removed.

I don't consider changing variable names to be constructive, as long as they are not obfuscated or so long that they mess with formatting. Comments should be treated as a part of questions, so they should be in English.