Ask HN: Is there a whole universe of Chinese software that we don't see?

Re:Ask HN: Is there a whole universe of Chinese software tha... by simonblack on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @10:19PM (#23473225)

Very probably. We don't normally see it because English-Language websites will consciously downvote to oblivion anything that isn't in English.

Turn on "showdead" in your HN profile, and you'll generally see at least one foreign-language article every day in the hidden [dead] posts that's been bundled out of sight.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a whole universe of Chinese software tha... by shubb on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:34AM (#23475635)

It's a shame - we have automatic translation so articles in a language most visitors can't read are still useful to them.

Of course the submitter could fix this themself with some effort but we will lose good content if we rely on that.

Instead, it would be better if HN translated content and especially titles into the readers local language or English automatically using public APIs.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a whole universe of Chinese software tha... by ronsor on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @09:47AM (#23476952)

> Instead, it would be better if HN translated content and especially titles into the readers local language or English automatically using public APIs.

Err... no. Machine translations are awful at least half of the time. It's even worse for CJK languages.

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