TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy are there so many german communities on Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down17
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhy are there so many german communities on Lemmy?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoI want to read the German language posts. Is there a translate button on Lemmy? I tried the “Select Language” button but nothing happened.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours ago“Select language” is to mark the language you are using in your posts and comments. Don’t know for what, maybe for others to filter stuff out?
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoThe problem is, that a lot of the more memey communities are using Zangendeutsch, which is basically militantly and very literally translating English words into German. Translation tools will have a hard time translating those correctly
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoFirefox has a built in translator, and there are add-ons you can install if you want a different version. Won’t work on image posts though
I want to read the German language posts. Is there a translate button on Lemmy? I tried the “Select Language” button but nothing happened.
“Select language” is to mark the language you are using in your posts and comments. Don’t know for what, maybe for others to filter stuff out?
The problem is, that a lot of the more memey communities are using Zangendeutsch, which is basically militantly and very literally translating English words into German. Translation tools will have a hard time translating those correctly
You’ll have to read in German…
Firefox has a built in translator, and there are add-ons you can install if you want a different version. Won’t work on image posts though