function langswitchInit(pageLang,translated,switchto){

	// if pageLang == 'jp' select Japanese initially in the dropdown, otherwise select English
	if (pageLang == 'jp'){
		$("#language").val('Japanese');
	}else{
		$("#language").val('English');
	}
	
	// add action to dropdown
	$("#language").change(function(){
		var url = location.href;
		
		// if switching to "English"
		if ($("#language").val() == "English"){
			
			var url_english 	= url.replace('jp/','');
			location.href 		= url_english;
			
		}
		
		// if switching to "Japanese"
		else if ($("#language").val() == "Japanese"){
			
			if (translated == true){
				// firstly check if 'jp' exists in string already
				// (this workaround necessary due to a slight glitch in msDropDown() method)
				if (url.indexOf("jp") == -1){
					var url_japanese 	= url.replace('.com/','.com/jp/');
					// var url_japanese 	= url.replace('web/','web/jp/');
					location.href 		= url_japanese;
				}				
				
			}else{

				// if no Japanese translation exists for this page, go to Japanese intro page
				var url_japanese 	= 'http://www.kelliemiller.com/jp/intro.htm';
				location.href 		= url_japanese;
					
			}
		}
	});
		
	$("#language").msDropDown();		
}