Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages.
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wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af
Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages. For it to work, three things have to happen:
- Your server has to offer the service
- Your language settings have to be correct
- The person posting has to use the correct language settingsIf all these are ok, you will see a "Translate" link below the post or in the post's ⋯ menu when you encounter a post in a foreign language.
Lots more info and questions answered at:
️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-built-in-language-translation-system-on-mastodon -
Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages. For it to work, three things have to happen:
- Your server has to offer the service
- Your language settings have to be correct
- The person posting has to use the correct language settingsIf all these are ok, you will see a "Translate" link below the post or in the post's ⋯ menu when you encounter a post in a foreign language.
Lots more info and questions answered at:
️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-built-in-language-translation-system-on-mastodonwrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af@FediTips also you may have to use the correct client. The mobile client I have installed kinda... Lacks the feature.
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@FediTips also you may have to use the correct client. The mobile client I have installed kinda... Lacks the feature.
wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret afGood point, I'll update the guide.
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Good point, I'll update the guide.
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Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages. For it to work, three things have to happen:
- Your server has to offer the service
- Your language settings have to be correct
- The person posting has to use the correct language settingsIf all these are ok, you will see a "Translate" link below the post or in the post's ⋯ menu when you encounter a post in a foreign language.
Lots more info and questions answered at:
️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-built-in-language-translation-system-on-mastodonwrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af@FediTips Mastodon admins may use a variety of translation back-ends; with self-hosted libretranslate arguably being the most privacy friendly (data never leaves the server).
The Libretranslate docker image (https://hub.docker.com/r/libretranslate/libretranslate) doesn't ship any languages, so on first start it needs to download multiple gigabytes of data.
To work around this I've been publishing self-contained libretranslate container images here: https://github.com/t-lo/LibreTranslate-ghcr-publisher/pkgs/container/libretranslate that include all supported translation languages.
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wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af
Another good point, I've added a note to the end of the guide reminding people that computer translations are never 100% accurate.
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Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages. For it to work, three things have to happen:
- Your server has to offer the service
- Your language settings have to be correct
- The person posting has to use the correct language settingsIf all these are ok, you will see a "Translate" link below the post or in the post's ⋯ menu when you encounter a post in a foreign language.
Lots more info and questions answered at:
️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-built-in-language-translation-system-on-mastodonwrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af@FediTips or if you use Phantom you can turn on auto translate and then it doesn't matter what the post was marked as
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@FediTips Mastodon admins may use a variety of translation back-ends; with self-hosted libretranslate arguably being the most privacy friendly (data never leaves the server).
The Libretranslate docker image (https://hub.docker.com/r/libretranslate/libretranslate) doesn't ship any languages, so on first start it needs to download multiple gigabytes of data.
To work around this I've been publishing self-contained libretranslate container images here: https://github.com/t-lo/LibreTranslate-ghcr-publisher/pkgs/container/libretranslate that include all supported translation languages.
wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret afThanks for that, I've added a note to the end of the guide that admins can self-host too.
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@FediTips or if you use Phantom you can turn on auto translate and then it doesn't matter what the post was marked as
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wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af
@FediTips opps auto correct
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Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages. For it to work, three things have to happen:
- Your server has to offer the service
- Your language settings have to be correct
- The person posting has to use the correct language settingsIf all these are ok, you will see a "Translate" link below the post or in the post's ⋯ menu when you encounter a post in a foreign language.
Lots more info and questions answered at:
️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-built-in-language-translation-system-on-mastodonwrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret afI have never seen a translate link. Maybe because I read in my browser? I would be happy with the possibility
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@FediTips opps auto correct
wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret afAhhh, that makes more sense now, thanks!
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I have never seen a translate link. Maybe because I read in my browser? I would be happy with the possibility
wrote for 24 dage siden sidst redigeret af feditips@social.growyourown.servicesTranslate links will appear in the browser if your server supports translation and if the language settings of you and the person posting are correct.
You might want to ask your server admin if they have translation on their server? Not all servers do as it costs extra and the admin has to pay for it.
Your server's admin account is @support
