LadyFluffyOrcaA frozen waterfall in the Italian Alps. Human for scale!
Junksizucco@weaniejeanie53 very beautiful, I know that we can’t speak other languages on here but the beauty of Italy makes me want to speak its tongue
Catmama 🐈@junksisucco @weaniejeanie53
Do you mean that you can't speak other languages on your instance? That's bizarre!
Do you mean that you can't speak other languages on your instance? That's bizarre!
@Catmama @weaniejeanie53 I mean that the it’s an impulse to compliment things in the Italian language
@Catmama @junksisucco there was talk on here of adding a translation to tweets in other languages like there is on twatter but it’s not materialised yet.
@weaniejeanie53 @Catmama that would be awesome, uh would make this a great place to practice my Italian
@junksisucco
I'm sure there are people here and on other instances who speak Italian. I've seen some toots in Italian.
I'm sure there are people here and on other instances who speak Italian. I've seen some toots in Italian.
@weaniejeanie53 @junksisucco
There is a Translation mode here. The translation service Mastodon uses is not as accurate as what the birdsite uses, though.
There is a Translation mode here. The translation service Mastodon uses is not as accurate as what the birdsite uses, though.
@Catmama @junksisucco I’m on mas.to too but I’ve never seen it? Does it show up at the bottom of toots like on it does on twatter?
@weaniejeanie53
It shows up just as it appears on the image I included, below the toot itself
It shows up just as it appears on the image I included, below the toot itself
@Catmama I’ve never seen it, I’ll have to check out a few non English toots. I seem to remember them saying the one they wanted to use was expensive so they’ve gone with another program.
@weaniejeanie53
I've used it. That's how I know it's not that accurate, but it's better than nothing
I've used it. That's how I know it's not that accurate, but it's better than nothing
@weaniejeanie53
I should add that the only time I see the Translate option is for toots in languages other than English.
I should add that the only time I see the Translate option is for toots in languages other than English.
@Catmama I’ve just looked at a toot in German and there was nothing about a translation 🤔
@weaniejeanie53
Really? No link at the bottom of the toot? Interesting 🤔
Really? No link at the bottom of the toot? Interesting 🤔
Julian Andres Klode 🏳️🌈@Catmama @weaniejeanie53 each toot has a language which defaults to the profile language. When tooting in a different language, the language needs to be set in the toot composer. There is no autodetection. The official apps do not support the language setting yet.
You'll see - on the web, if your server supports it, potentially on some apps - a translate link for any post in a language different than your own if the post had the correct language tag set during composition.
Inc Hulk 🧪@Catmama @weaniejeanie53 @junksisucco I am not so sure about that. Professional translators use DeepL a lot more than other packages (in my part of the world at least). I use different ones and not always (!) but more often, DeepL is the best.
@IncHulk @weaniejeanie53 @junksisucco
Mas.to uses LibreTranslate, per a post by the admin. DeepL is too expensive.
Mas.to uses LibreTranslate, per a post by the admin. DeepL is too expensive.
@Catmama @weaniejeanie53 @junksisucco I am on Mastodon green. I use the implemented translate in Mastodon a lot, it always comes up “Translated from *** using DeepL.com
So as far as I know, DeepL is used in Mastodon
@IncHulk @weaniejeanie53 @junksisucco
Maybe your instance can afford DeepL 🤷♀️
Apparently the Mastodon instance mas.to cannot. From the mas.to admin: "We'd been trialling inline language translation via DeepL (a paid service) but that is going to cost a fortune if we keep using it at this rate.
I've instead installed LibreTranslate on one of our servers which won't provide the same quality of translation, but is free! Let's use it for a while and see if it's good enough."