So out of the ashes of this tragedy it seems Nico Nico (Summer) has plans in store for a more English friendly site.

『海外対応を強化』
昨年10月に台湾版から開始した海外版ですが、この度、視聴プレーヤーが英語に対応！

さらに、新たな対応言語として、ドイツ語、スペイン語を追加。

対応範囲も、タグやカテゴリ、SMILEVIDEOなどに拡大し、メンテナンス情報やヘルプ情報も多言語で表記されます。

Basically according to their update news they will be making the nico player in English (which I think is just going to make the menus such as “comments, filters” etc. in English.) They will also make the help files for Smile video in english as well (so maybe now I’ll actually know how to use their code when adding a video description.) They also have plans to do the same in Spanish and German. But since we got copyright ninjas watching us left & right the only thing left on nico nico is gay porn, vocaloid, otome/eroge walkthroughs and random anime OP/ED videos.