Quote from: Pmalek on Today at 01:44:37 PM

Posting on local boards with automated translation tools is not allowed according to rule #27. But there is no rule that prohibits doing the same from another language into English. <…>

I wonder if that was the intent of the rule, or a loophole in the wording. The inclusion of the rule seemed to be originated here:

Quote from: mprep on May 04, 2015, 06:50:33 PM

Quote from: -ck on May 03, 2015, 07:55:27 AM

Quote from: mprep on July 21, 2014, 05:27:51 PM

9. Discussions in the main boards must be in english. All other language discussions should be posted in the appropriate Local board.

Please expand on this with a note to the effect that "Automated machine translation, such as using google translate, does not reach the standard required to post in English." or similar. The same can be added for posting in local language boards.

Added rule 27:

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27. Using automated translation tools to post translated content in Local boards is not allowed.

It does seem like a weird asymmetry, permitting automated translations in one direction, but not in the other, and I’m not sure it’s not a wording thing more than an intent. Mods will be able to chip-in as to how this is to be interpreted I figure.