Reddit tests automatic, whole-site translation into French using LLM-based AI - eviltoast

In its first-ever earnings call as a public company, Reddit talked about user growth in non-U.S. countries using LLMs for automatic translations.

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    6 months ago

    I’m sure the French will appreciate what is done to their language by this project lol.

    • lemmylommy@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Proper search is for people who know what they are doing. Translation is probably there to get more traffic from google

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    6 months ago

    So that’s why. I speak French and I’ve seen google results going to 100% French Reddit posts but somewhat strange.

    Then by searching a little more you can find the original thread, in English.

    The translations are ok-ish but feels a bit out of tone. Like translating internet “slang” in word to word French. And also seeing redditors writing too well. Something feels off.

    TLDR: fuck you Spez, I am still looking for the OP language when I land onto your website.

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      6 months ago

      Honnêtement je pense que ce serait une bonne idée si c’était clair que c’était traduit et si il y avait un bouton pour revenir a l’original (et vice versa) En ce moment ça semble un peu manipulateur

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        6 months ago

        Tout à fait d’accord, c’est trompeur.

        EN: Yep, it feels like a scam where you can find plenty of french speakers whereas it is not. If you’re coming from a search engine you can think that Reddit is a french social network, nothing is telling you that what you are reading was AI translated. It feels like a disguised shit with bleu blanc rouge colours.

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    6 months ago

    I deleted all of my reddit accounts some time ago, but last I recall there were already a bunch of French people using it lol I’m sure a bunch of inaccurate clinical AI translations will really help though…