Im live in australia and speak only english and I regularly search and have occasionally bought items from Taobao, including bicycle wheels, motorbike parts and something else that escapes me right now.
I use chrome with auto tranlation turned on, i first translate my keywords in google translate and then paste these into the taobao to search.
I'd buy more things if i could find a reliable third party onseller to deal with - the last one was an incredible ripoff when it came to posting ground freight.
If anyone has a reliable onseller, im open to suggestions!