Post APnPRuXDUPlygK3l3Y by icameheretosaythenword@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #APnOxGSvtvOpipRVaq by skobkin@lor.sh
2022-11-20T13:05:45Z
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It is really surprising for me that lately some people who mostly speak English were subscribing to me.I am still wondering if it's related to the fact that Mastodon 4.0 supported one-click translations?Or maybe that's because when a lot of Twitter refugees were registering on lor.sh I mostly spoke in English when answering questions about Mastodon?Or maybe for some unexpected reason some of them were interested in learning Russian as one more language they knew?Anyway, it's as pleasant as it's unexpected and I'm glad that social networks are breaking some barriers which were much harder to break in the past.#Mastodon #English #Russian #translation #thoughts #surprise #people #log
(DIR) Post #APnPRuXDUPlygK3l3Y by icameheretosaythenword@poa.st
2022-11-20T13:07:09.544180Z
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@skobkin I'd be surprised. The 1-click translation is the worst I've seen in a while.
(DIR) Post #APnPRv4XUWQaLfeMzo by skobkin@lor.sh
2022-11-20T13:11:18Z
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@icameheretosaythenword DeepL is not ideal, but it's better than nothing. And I think it could help a lot of people to find something interesting for them in the federated timeline.
(DIR) Post #APnPt6ZIrBEXp20ENs by UncTom@lor.sh
2022-11-20T13:16:13Z
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@skobkin I opted for Lor.sh because it was hosted in Europe, vetted new users and was a short URL. I really appreciate people who post in English but it's not difficult to hit "translate". It would be even better if there was a setting so posts flagged in other languages auto-translated to your home language, but for the moment I'm just enjoying the experience. #Thanks
(DIR) Post #APnQN1cHpepR9SfJ4a by skobkin@lor.sh
2022-11-20T13:21:37Z
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@UncTom There is an option to restrict your feeds to the list of languages you want to see.Check out "Filter languages" here:https://lor.sh/settings/preferences/otherBut it's also not ideal at times because sometimes the posts are marked as wrong language and missed by the filter.And yes, the option you proposed would be better, but I think it'd cost much more because Mastodon uses DeepL API and translating one post and translating a whole feed is a lot of difference in the size of work.
(DIR) Post #APo3tTquHfTyCbyEkq by AssInNine@lor.sh
2022-11-20T20:44:29Z
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@skobkin It was the one click translation for me.
(DIR) Post #APo4QOZQwVERNSUbNg by skobkin@lor.sh
2022-11-20T20:50:26Z
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@AssInNine Good to know that translation really helps people to get along.By the way you're not following me AFAIK 🙂 But that's ok if you're following someone else who doesn't speak English and using translations. That's exactly what I was interested in. The motivation.
(DIR) Post #APo4sik7XHAI36zvpg by AssInNine@lor.sh
2022-11-20T20:55:33Z
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@skobkin Of course I'm following you. You must be mistaken!