Rafael Pérez 🌱Jan 14

Dear everyone.

If you post in more than one language, please remember to set the language of your post correctly. It's the only way the language translator on the official mobile app works properly.

Many thanks.

Please consider boosting to raise awareness of this issue.

#fediverse #mastodon #language #posting #settings #translation #mobile

Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovJan 14
@rperezrosario Unfortunately, there is no "mixed" option.
Show threadmirabilosJan 14
@newstik @rperezrosario "mul" - multiple languages
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovFeb 27
@mirabilos @rperezrosario I don't see that option.
Show threadmirabilosFeb 27
@newstik @rperezrosario check with your client’s docs / authors. All ISO 639-2 codes are supposedly an option.
Show threadDaniel AJ Sokolov
@mirabilos @rperezrosario I am using the official Maston web version v4.5.7, no client.
Feb 27 at 6:24pmWeb
Show threadmirabilosFeb 27
@newstik @rperezrosario then you use a webclient of some sort; check what that client supports and how it can be selected.
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovFeb 27
@mirabilos @rperezrosario As I've said, the official Mastodon webclient allows selection of various languages, but not "mul" or similar, and only one at a time.
Show threadmirabilosFeb 27

@newstik @rperezrosario oh, have you edited the post? (Hm, seems so.)

I didn’t know you were using the stock Mastodon webclient, from before you edited the post it was not clear.

Well, then go figure out how/where to set the language there. I don’t use it. (I saw it once when setting up an account on a Mastodon instance as a backup account, ran away screaming.) I cannot help with that, as it’s highly specific to the client you’re using.

If it does not support the full list of languages, do file a bugreport.

Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovFeb 27
@mirabilos @rperezrosario Thank you, I know where to set the language. This post I have set to "Kanuri" - never heard of before. There is no "mul" option, believe me.
Show threadmirabilosFeb 27
@newstik @rperezrosario that’s why I said, file a bugreport…
Show threadmirabilosFeb 28
@newstik @rperezrosario ah, 8 hours later I got your edit notification. Your instance must be quite overloaded ;-)
Show threadRafael Pérez 🌱Feb 28

@mirabilos @newstik

It's Friday and yes, it's pretty big (mastodon.social).

Show threadmirabilosFeb 28
@rperezrosario @newstik ah, not yours, I meant Daniel’s
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovFeb 28
@mirabilos @rperezrosario Unlikely, it only has a few dozen users and is run in a large data centre. I'm not sure what the issue was.