I would love to opt-out of #MachineTranslation for stuff I write in #Icelandic. It simply doesn't work. For larger languages it makes frequent mistakes. For smaller languages it can garble the meaning completely. It has no sense of nuance, subtlety or humor.

It is alarming how many people think they can just #AutoTranslate anything.

Auto-translate has been amusing us before chatGPT. "Abono" is fertilizer in Tagalog but also means to pay something for someone because that someone is unable to pay.

#Translation #Humor #FoodPanda #FoodDelivery #Apps #Funny #Languages #Tagalog #AutoTranslate #Funny

https://technology.inquirer.net/121113/when-auto-translation-says-nag-abono-is-fertilized-internet-breaks-into-chuckle

@nielspflaeging @peterproell @tporath @silkehermann Excellent point, I forgot #YouTube could do #AutoTranslate. I just turned it on. Thanks.

Suppenzubereitung in strikter Befolgung der "Kochrichtungen". Also am besten nur rechtsrum rühren!

[schöner kochen mit #autotranslate, Kap. 34]

If your #Mastodon instance does not have the #Language #Translation feature enabled, I would like to recommend an alternative solution for both #Chrome and #Firefox Web browsers:

Popup View for Google™ Translate

Chrome Extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/popup-view-for-google-tra/bcefgmhpbmghjcenbklchobmogjhaagl?hl=en-US

Firefox Add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionary-anywhere/

After the extension is installed, you simply choose the text you want to translate, then select the little icon that appears over the text.

#Tools #AutoTranslate #ForeignLanguage #TwitterMigration

#etsy #autotranslate ist wirklich from hell

@GrumpyMonoped wouldn't #autotranslate be a solution?