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Re:What they don’t tell you when you translate your app by OneTimePetes on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:10AM (#28470534)
I wish the users could edit the text and then the app would take over a text the users agreed upon in majority. It cant be that hard.
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Re:What they don’t tell you when you translate your app by jonas21 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @05:02PM (#28474620)
Sounds like a good way to end up with all the strings in your app translating to "penis".
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Re:What they don’t tell you when you translate your app by translator6546 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:34AM (#28470826)
Facebook did that early on, no idea if they still do. As a professional software localizer, I was not amused by the resulting translations.
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Re:What they don’t tell you when you translate your app by OneTimePetes on Friday September 10, 2021 @07:03AM (#28479867)
I don't see why as a local user i cant override a crappy translation at least for my account.
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