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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://aus.social/users/arose62/statuses/112877877066718368">_ (arose62@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 08:57:03 JST</a><a href="https://aus.social/@arose62" title="arose62@aus.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/54019-48-20231214081655.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="_" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">_</a></section><article><p>Why does <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Mastodon" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> get translations wrong, and is there some way I can choose the correct language to translate from?</p><p>In this case, the original is Esperanto (as the hashtag identifies), but Mastodon decides that it's Polish, and "translates" it into gibberish.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/translate" rel="tag">#translate</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/translation" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mastoadmin" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3457251#notice-6795794">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-08-01T08:57:03+09:00" title="Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 08:57:03 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://aus.social/@arose62/112877877066718368" rel="external" title="Sent from aus.social via ActivityPub">aus.social</a></span></span><a href="https://aus.social/@arose62/112877877066718368">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2983163">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.</a></label><br><a href="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/877/869/828/327/717/original/0ad128f69c72eccb.jpg" rel="external">https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/877/869/828/327/717/original/0ad128f69c72eccb.jpg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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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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1. 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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