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Hello “Mast”ers,
Is there way for users to setup translation for posts to preferred language in Mastodon?. In my case, my preferred language is English and I would like for an option at the bottom or in the ellipsis to translate it on request. This way we would have access to more streams of thoughts and perspectives without the confines of the language. Is it just about tweesecake enabling it?
Translation is accessibility too.

Max L.
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@RamAnA11y This depends on your instance, yes. If they have set up translating then it will show a "translate" button.

E.g. this what it looks like on Mastodon.de:

Raghuraman
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@max thanks for sharing this. I saw this link this morning but could not find any such option in my mobile app. I will give it a try in the desktop version. I happen to believe that it needs to be enabled at the instance admin level. I could be wrong.

Max L.
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@RamAnA11y
"I happen to believe that it needs to be enabled at the instance admin level"
Yes, this needs to be set up by the admins. (Or be included directly in your client)

Raghuraman
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@max I checked. While I have another account with mastodon.social which allows Translate as long as you have set a preferred language tweesecake.social does not have that setting. Can @mods please enable for this site if possible ?

TweeseCake Moderation
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@RamAnA11y Hi there, for sure. We can check this out.

Raghuraman
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@mods thank you. Looking forward to this being enabled.

Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
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@RamAnA11y This requires the other person to have the correct language set, as well. If someone is posting in the same language that is set as your default, the translate option won't show - no matter what they write. @max @mods

Raghuraman
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@tokyo_0 @max @mods yes I know that. I guess I am seeking translation for posts in languages other than my posting or preferred language. For example Deutsch to English.