#79132: "Unconfirmed machine translations should not be used in games"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• What was the game action you wanted to do?
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• At which step of the game did the problem occur (what was the current game instruction)?
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
When a string is machine translated, it is used in games (and on the website) after the daily translation update. While machine translations are often really useful, sometimes they are catastrophically wrong.
It would be good if unconfirmed machine translations (blue background) stayed hidden until a human has confirmed them (green background) – the original English string should be visible instead.• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v109
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Hiding unconfirmed machine translations leads to a mix of languages, sometimes even in the same sentence. Even for me as an experienced BGA-translator, a game in this state is inconvenient or close to unplayable. I think this stage should be as short as possible.
Also when google has problems with a correct translation, it is likely that a manual translation faces the same problem, as game context is missing. So it is easier to find and correct the "catastrophically wrong" texts if shown during gameplay.
My experience with (german) machine translation on BGA is that it is not perfect, but ok. I can't remember a machine translation "catastrophically wrong" (rather with human translation), but of course this is language dependend.
Yes, but so does leaving half the game untranslated. And the machine translation API only translates 100 strings at a time…
With Google translate, the closer to English the target language is and the larger the user base is, the better the translation is. And German is both close and large. Even in Swedish, I've seen the occasional string translated to mean the opposite of the source string. And a translator to an Asian language claimed all machine translated strings needed human tweaking (or words to that effect).
"a translator to an Asian language claimed all machine translated strings needed human tweaking" - I happened to use google translator in chat for asian languages (japanese and korean, if I remeber correctly) and I also found these machine translations inadequate. That's why each languages translation has to be rated on its own.
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