Dear #GitHub, when I click on a link to an English language documentation page, I don't want to be automatically redirected to a machine generated German translation.
Yes, I have both enabled in my browser. Multi-lingual people are a thing. If I want a translation, I'll explicitly ask for it.
Every site whose product owner/manager insists on automatic translation should immediately fire them.
@hiker My browser is not the problem.
When I go to https://docs.github.com/github/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax (the English "original", found via the search engine), GH redirects me to https://docs.github.com/de/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax (which has the AI translation warning in the page footer) - until I explicitly pick a language on the site itself again.
I guess this is "helpful" for someone, but, uh, I hate that sites do it.
@hiker Same. I think it's because I have both English and German sent as languages I understand in the settings of the browser, and that doesn't have the concept of "equal" but enforces a priority preference, so either first will occasionally lead to the site being "smart" being annoying.
I just wish sites stopped trying to do provide "help" I didn't ask for.
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷
Hiker
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