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Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conver... by pamcake on Thursday March 12, 2026 @04:50PM (#47356895)

> As a not native speaker, for me using something like Google Translate is fine, it's literal enough to keep the author voice

Strong disagree on author voice. Vomit blows.

I think better to let recipient use full-text translation if that is necessary.

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Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conver... by gus_massa on Friday March 13, 2026 @07:04AM (#47362808)

OK, I have to agree. about author voice. Last year I wrote something in English and I used the autotranlation to make the Spanish version. Google translated it to es-es instead of es-ar. I had to go over it like 3 or 4 times to fix all the differences, and adjust the tone to a more informal one and select which technical words to keep unstranlated, and a few more details.

Anyway, the autotranlation saved a lot of time for the most common words and switching the noun-adjetive order.

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