q element produces incorrect quotation marks when language changes

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This issue is common across all languages that use the q element.

When an Arabic or Persian page contains a quotation in another language, the quotation marks used around that quotation (and inside it for embedded quotes) should be the Arabic or Persian ones – not those of the language of the quotation.

Currently, if the language of the quotation is declared on the q tag in HTML using the lang attribute, browsers instead set the quotation marks based on the language of the quote.

For example, if English text is quoted in a Persian sentence surrounded by just <q>, the quotation marks will be correct:

یک «two ‹three›».

However, if lang="en" is added to the q tag, the result becomes:

یک “two ‘three’”.

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