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Translation services within Yokway
So it seems that there are a lot of French comments on Yokway. This is great. But for a person like me who does not speak french, how do I figure out what is being said. I might be interested at times :)
One suggestion is that if it is in french (or any other language for that matter) maybe the user can select an option to translate that service. So basically have a free online translator (google has a good service and free) and have a link at the bottom of the comment that states...."translate me" and you guys can somehow scrap the comment, place it in the translator service and select the appropriate boxes and then its done! Just a thought
One suggestion is that if it is in french (or any other language for that matter) maybe the user can select an option to translate that service. So basically have a free online translator (google has a good service and free) and have a link at the bottom of the comment that states...."translate me" and you guys can somehow scrap the comment, place it in the translator service and select the appropriate boxes and then its done! Just a thought
I’m indifferent
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Inappropriate?The comment can be in french. but if I wanted to read it, at the end of the comment there would be the translation button that translates it. -
Inappropriate?Hi Dungar
Yes, there are quite a few multilingual conversations. An inline translation service may ultimately make sense but even with our international traffic it is a little too ahead of the curve, as Yokway is still in beta.
For now if you come across another comment in french that you cannot live without, the ever-reliable cut-and-paste should make an acceptable crutch :)
Thanks for sharing & let us know if you have more suggestions! -
Inappropriate?Hi Sushil,
This is an interesting problem and a good suggestion. We'll take a look at the quality level of the online services for translations first. In the meantime, Yokway's semantic engine can detect languages quite accurately, so we could propose our users to only be exposed to languages they select in their preferences. Would that be a good option to start with, in your opinion? -
Inappropriate?@Yokyok- I am lazy to cut and paste but will do it if I need to. Understood that Yokway is in beta and I am indifferent to the solution. Just a suggestion. :)
@Stephan - I think limiting the comments to the languages to select their preferences is a good idea but I would like to have the option to have the comments. Because if lets say the discussion started in French and someone wrote the next comment in English and related to the first comment, it could be a tedious task to see what the first comment was, then figure out a way to translate it. If I have to just translate it thats one less task and a happy user.
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Inappropriate?@dungar: the point is that if you had an option to select your preferred language, you would not see the French comment in the first place.
I’m confident
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Inappropriate?But what if the 2nd comment talked about the first comment and not so much about the posting. Then I would be completly lost aintit?
This way I can just ignore it if I have to but make the additional effort ifI have to
I’m silly
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