FWIW Voyager doesn't have a server, there is no backend at all. Just you and your lemmy instance. ;)
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I tried bluesky today and it had a translate button which would forward it to translate.google.com and It opened translate popup from translateyou app because I had it open default links of translate. Is this possible?
Possibly, but I donβt think I would ever link directly to Google in app haha. Maybe libretranslate though?
iOS also has a built in translate tool, so that at least is much more straightforward.
Idk how things work but can there be a way to add your libretranslate instance in settings and clicking on the translate button would translate from there?
Does this work for you? IDK if you're on iOS, Android, or something else.
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/translate-text-in-apps-iphab4dcff1d/ios
https://support.google.com/translate/answer/6350658?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
Not directly as Voyager uses its own menu system. The nearest option is to select 'Share' from the menu, then select the Translate app.
That'll translate the article, which is useful. What I was hoping for was a translation in the feed itself so you would know if the article is interesting.
Thanks for your suggestions.
I just tested on iOS to try to translate a title and this doesn't work within Voyager. Long pressing a title to select and translate will instead take you into the post/comments and attempting a long press to select and translate a title from there just collapses the post body π
Bummer. Well, maybe the dev can look into it and if it's possible enable translation using iOS's built-in solution.
For people on degoogled Android, what's the solution? I imagine a lot of Lemmy users use that.
IDK, I was just noting that this might work but I wasn't sure. Maybe someone who uses de-googled Android knows of a similar solution that doesn't use Google's services.