I saw a request to block whole instances because they speak a different language. I say why not get some translation api like google translate or bing so that other languages could be translated?
Let's connect people like the social network that we are and not separate them :D
I had a conversation with a japanese person earlier today using google translate and it was awesome haha
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@lordadamson Nice idea. But those don't always work. Japanese is one language they don't work well with.
@DNA I agree that computer generated translations can be awkward and funny. But as I said, I did have a conversation with a japanese person yesterday and it was alright! We even shared a few jokes lol
@lordadamson certainly is better than nothing.
@lordadamson There are browser extensions for this. Got used to using them on D*
@teslas_moustache what is D*?
@teslas_moustache aah okay did not use it :D maybe I'll try one of these extensions :D any recommendations?
@lordadamson umm, yes. Hang on.
@lordadamson I usually use this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fast-translation/?src=api
You hi-lite the text you want to translate, then press Ctrl+Shift+L and a window pops up and it translates it.
@lordadamson Seems to hang up on some special characters though.
@teslas_moustache thank you :D
@lordadamson Built in translation like the chrome addon would be amazing.