Mastodon has an optional translation system to translate posts in languages that you don't speak.
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What is the easy way to use the translation system on a toot whose author set the toot's language wrong?
Afaik, doesn't exist. The easiest way might be to kindly ask the author to correct the setting.
The easiest quickest way is to copy-paste the text into your favourite translation service's website.
Have to be really really careful and polite if you're going to tell people they have the wrong language setting because it may seem a bit irritating, especially if more than one person says this to them. And of course new people won't know about this language setting.
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Yeah, just to make clear, Mastodon doesn't do the actual translation itself, it allows admins to connect their server to a third party translation service.
The name of the service should be visible when you use the translate button.
@FediTips
Libre Translate ergibt aber teilweise unverständliche Sätze. Übersetzen die ohne KI? -
@FediTips
Libre Translate ergibt aber teilweise unverständliche Sätze. Übersetzen die ohne KI?You would have to ask LibreTranslate about how they do things. They have technical details on their Github page at https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate
