Post by @HistoPol@mastodon.social

2026-02-02 08:54 UTC

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services *Translatlation feature does not work* Yep, this is correct. It is an annoying, IMHO honestly avoidable issue: Automatic language detection seems to be an ubiquitous feature on many websites. It should be quite easy to perform in a #Fediverse app or on the PC as well, IMO. Afterwards, a pop-up window could appear, e. g.: your post's language is set to English but appears to be in German instead. Would you like to change your language setting? " In the... @AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @klu9@exquisite.social

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@HistoPol@mastodon.social 2026-02-02 08:58

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @klu9@exquisite.social ...meantime, I try doing this manually, but forget from time to time. Alas, if I remember correctly, it isn't possible to change the language setting without deleting and reposting, leaving all boosts and replies orphaned. Last point: from time to time I enjoy having a post from a language I don't speak automatically translated and get into contact with new people. //

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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services 2026-02-02 11:13

@HistoPol@mastodon.social @AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @klu9@exquisite.social "Automatic language detection seems to be an ubiquitous feature on many websites. It should be quite easy to perform in a #Fediverse app or on the PC as well, IMO." There has been automatic language detection on here for many years, it lights up the language button if it thinks you are using the wrong language. The problem is this is a microblogging platform so the posts tend to be very short. At very short lengths the detector is unreliable.

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