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Rob

@ivory What does this mean?

“Support for Mastodon server language translation services (if your server has them)”

14 Feb 2023 at 21:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.prosumer.dev
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Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@rob Mastodon has the capability to enable server-side translations. Admin would have to configure it: write.as/sweetmeat/how-to-acti

14 Feb 2023 at 21:31 | Open on tapbots.social
Rob

@ivory Yes, I apparently have that working on my personal instance (see screenshots), but how does this work in Ivory?

And additionally, is it currently possible to set the language of a post, or is that still in your roadmap?

Two iPhone screenshots displaying the same post on my personal Mastodon instance in Mobile Safari; left “original” in German, right DeepL translation to English.
14 Feb 2023 at 21:59 | Open on social.prosumer.dev
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@rob You just have to hit the translate option (in the gear button of a post) and it should use it. Setting languages for posts will come when we redesign the compose view.

14 Feb 2023 at 22:02 | Open on tapbots.social
Rob

@ivory I don’t see a translate option… (or did I misunderstand what the gear button of a post is?)

Screenshot of a post in Ivory where I tapped on the gear button (opening a menu with several menu items, but not a translate option)
14 Feb 2023 at 22:42 | Open on social.prosumer.dev
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@rob Probably won't see it on your own post?

15 Feb 2023 at 1:00 | Open on tapbots.social
Rob

@ivory Would you be so kind to reply something in a different language so that we can test this?

15 Feb 2023 at 6:36 | Open on social.prosumer.dev
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@rob Just go to the federated timeline and look for posts in other languages.

15 Feb 2023 at 14:47 | Open on tapbots.social
Rob

@ivory @rob I had already been trying that, but could not find such a post so far. Ironically a reblog of @MonaApp today provided the test case… It works!

What defines the target language?

On the web (instance) it is English (the configured interface language?), but in Ivory (App) it’s my native language (language set on iPhone?).

15 Feb 2023 at 16:43 | Open on social.prosumer.dev
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@rob should be based on your setting in the instance website.

15 Feb 2023 at 16:48 | Open on tapbots.social
Rob replied to Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@ivory Experimented a bit: Ivory seems to (indeed) translate to the preferred language in the iOS Settings (which totally makes sense).

15 Feb 2023 at 21:46 | Open on social.prosumer.dev
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