In my native Hungary we also play counter clockwise, so I looked it up[1]:
Dealing is done either clockwise or counterclockwise. If this is omitted from the rules, then it should be assumed to be:
* clockwise for games from North America, North and West Europe and Russia; * counterclockwise for South and East Europe and Asia, also for Swiss games and all Tarot games.
In places like Australia and America, if you have a group of people and you’re going round them (e.g. reading in turns or playing various card games), you’d be more likely to go clockwise from on top rather than counter-clockwise.
But in India, they naturally go counter-clockwise from on top rather than clockwise, and I once saw someone playing a game of hearts on a phone there, and it was going counter-clockwise.
Localisation definitely entails more than just translating strings. Layout and functionality changes can be involved.