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A Mastodon post in Esperanto, next to the result of clicking the "Translate" link. Unfortunately, Mastodon wrongly identified the original language as "Polski", and produced gibberish.

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A Mastodon post in Esperanto, next to the result of clicking the "Translate" link. Unfortunately, Mastodon wrongly identified the original language as "Polski", and produced gibberish.
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_ (arose62@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 08:57:03 JST _

Why does #Mastodon get translations wrong, and is there some way I can choose the correct language to translate from?
In this case, the original is Esperanto (as the hashtag identifies), but Mastodon decides that it's Polish, and "translates" it into gibberish.
#translate #translation #mastoadmin

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