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x00z@lemmy.world 4 days agoIt gives Philippine people the ability to edit the translation directly, eventually having their own version of it. As long as the information is correct and it’s only possible grammatical errors, this is quite a good thing to do.
I have translations in the apps I write, and I just generate an automatic translation for languages I do not speak. If anything is wrong, people will correct it and I’ll end up with a fully correct translation.
It is very common.
It gives Philippine people the ability to edit the translation directly
The minimum requirement for a page in their wiki should be exactly that. If it’s just AI translation, don’t do it. If it’s a translation that a human then fixed and tweaked to make readable, do it.
fristislurper@feddit.nl 3 days ago
Please don’t! Or at least make it possible to change the app language instead of following the system if you do. Plenty of apps have faulty ‘translations’ that just make the app unusable. Especially because app text typically has no context, so you get these weird literal translations.
Enjoy finding a literal english translation that corresponds to something I may want to do in your app!
x00z@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My apps default to the system language and use English as a fallback. If I implement multiple translations users can change it in their settings.
Anyways, like many other open source developers, I work for free and am open to PRs.