Ivory by Tapbots Feb 14, 2023

Ivory v1.1 is now out on the App Store!

Release Notes:
- Edit Posts
- Report Users and Posts
- Support for Mastodon server language translation services (if your server has them).

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274

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Show threadRobFeb 14, 2023

@ivory What does this mean?

“Support for Mastodon server language translation services (if your server has them)”

Show threadIvory by Tapbots Feb 14, 2023
@rob Mastodon has the capability to enable server-side translations. Admin would have to configure it: https://write.as/sweetmeat/how-to-activate-the-mastodon-v4-deepl-api-text-translation-service
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Show threadRobFeb 14, 2023

@ivory Yes, I apparently have that working on my personal instance (see screenshots), but how does this work in Ivory?

And additionally, is it currently possible to set the language of a post, or is that still on your roadmap?

Show threadIvory by Tapbots Feb 14, 2023
@rob You just have to hit the translate option (in the gear button of a post) and it should use it. Setting languages for posts will come when we redesign the compose view.
Show threadRobFeb 14, 2023
@ivory I don’t see a translate option… (or did I misunderstand what the gear button of a post is?)
Show threadIvory by Tapbots 
@rob Probably won't see it on your own post?
Feb 15, 2023 at 1:00amWeb
Show threadRobFeb 15, 2023
@ivory Would you be so kind to reply something in a different language so that we can test this?
Show threadIvory by Tapbots Feb 15, 2023
@rob Just go to the federated timeline and look for posts in other languages.
Show threadRobFeb 15, 2023

@ivory @rob I had already been trying that, but could not find such a post so far. Ironically a reblog of @MonaApp today provided the test case… It works!

What defines the target language?

On the web (instance) it is English (the configured interface language?), but in Ivory (App) it’s my native language (language set on iPhone?).

Show threadIvory by Tapbots Feb 15, 2023
@rob should be based on your setting in the instance website.
Show threadRobFeb 15, 2023
@ivory Experimented a bit: Ivory seems to (indeed) translate to the preferred language in the iOS Settings (which totally makes sense).
Show threadkirpichFeb 16, 2023
@rob @ivory translation seems to work, but now it’s next to report post option, almost reported a post twice now when trying to translate 🤦‍♂️