Brutkey

FinchHaven sfba
@FinchHaven@sfba.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

I am attemting to translate using the Translate text at the bottom of given post

Again my instance uses LibreTranslate

Sometimes I'll click through to the post on the origin instance and try there

Sometimes (when I have a lot of time to waste and I'm in a better mood) I'll open up the instances

/public/local

and see

1) if they have any posts in anything other than their native language, and

2) do they seem to offer any translation at all

And here's the core point:

how much effort should I be expected to expand, to translate a foreign / European/ German post just to read something that ends up being extremely mundane

And how much finite screen space am I expected to give to posts / posters I'll never be able to translate and read?

I've already Muted and Blocked two in the last 15 minutes...

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@FinchHaven@sfba.social

Are you seeing a "translate" button below remote posts you are viewing within your own instance's website?

If you are, what happens when you click it? (Not on the origin instance but when viewed within your own instance's interface.)

FinchHaven sfba
@FinchHaven@sfba.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

JFC...

I have four tabs open, Firefox web browser on Ubuntu, to my home instance

/home

/public/local

my Lists

and my Profile home

I'm on my /home tab viewing posts

I am looking for and using the Translate tag at the lower left of a given post

Do you need a screenshot to understand what I'm saying?

Or do you think I don't know what I'm talking about?

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@FinchHaven@sfba.social

"Or do you think I don't know what I'm talking about?"

Absolutely not! I am the one who doesn't understand, I am trying to get a better picture of what is going on by asking for details 🙂🙂

I'm trying to help.