Google Place API gives non-English results - api

Question

Using the Google Place Details API to get the address through an place_id.
You can specify the language=en but for example a hotel in Phuket will still return the city and province in there local language.
This is a sample output of the Google Places API:
[result] => Array
(
[address_components] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[long_name] => ภูเก็ต
[short_name] => จ.ภูเก็ต
Long_name and short_name both contain the local version in their own script. My users would like to see the international version of that city name, like "Phuket"
Example place: Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa, Merlin Beach, Pa Tong, Kathu District, Phuket, Thailand
Why would Google not supply the English version? On their Google Maps they display the full address.
They give a full address in the API adr_address but you would have to parse that yourself quite unreliable.
You could also use Google Translate for a translation but would be unreliable as well.

Answer 1

I tested it, the result isn't in "address_components" , you will find the adress here :
"formatted_address" : "99 Muen-Ngoen Road Tri-Trang Beach, Patong Patong Phuket, ตำบลป่าตอง อำเภอกะทู้ ภูเก็ต 83150, Thailand"
The full JSON reuslt :
{
"html_attributions" : [],
"result" : {
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "ภูเก็ต",
"short_name" : "จ.ภูเก็ต",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "ตำบลป่าตอง",
"short_name" : "ตำบลป่าตอง",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "อำเภอกะทู้",
"short_name" : "อำเภอกะทู้",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Thailand",
"short_name" : "TH",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "83150",
"short_name" : "83150",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"adr_address" : "99 Muen-Ngoen Road Tri-Trang Beach, Patong Patong Phuket, \u003cspan class=\"extended-address\"\u003eตำบลป่าตอง\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"locality\"\u003eอำเภอกะทู้\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"region\"\u003eภูเก็ต\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"postal-code\"\u003e83150\u003c/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"country-name\"\u003eThailand\u003c/span\u003e",
"business_status" : "OPERATIONAL",
"formatted_address" : "99 Muen-Ngoen Road Tri-Trang Beach, Patong Patong Phuket, ตำบลป่าตอง อำเภอกะทู้ ภูเก็ต 83150, Thailand",
"formatted_phone_number" : "076 335 300",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 7.883537999999999,
"lng" : 98.27270779999999
},
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 7.884994980291502,
"lng" : 98.27402173029151
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 7.882297019708498,
"lng" : 98.27132376970849
}
}
},
"icon" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/lodging-71.png",
"id" : "47f504a09fb6891f688957af609c39a4064b150e",
"international_phone_number" : "[phone]",
"name" : "Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa, Merlin Beach",
"opening_hours" : {
"open_now" : true,
"periods" : [
{
"open" : {
"day" : 0,
"time" : "0000"
}
}
],
"weekday_text" : [
"Monday: Open 24 hours",
"Tuesday: Open 24 hours",
"Wednesday: Open 24 hours",
"Thursday: Open 24 hours",
"Friday: Open 24 hours",
"Saturday: Open 24 hours",
"Sunday: Open 24 hours"
]
},