Quote from: Csmiami on Today at 05:51:05 AM

Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on October 13, 2021, 11:35:42 PM

If you note that you used google translate in the report, it would be much easier for a moderator to handle the report as opposed to saying that someone is using words in a strange way in your native language.

The problem with that is that you don't always know the source it's beeing translated from, so most of the times you just notice some things that are funny. Besides, there's a handful of neural translation tools nowadays, which are way better than GT, so it's even harder to catch.

In your particular example, you noted that google translate was used. If you find that another translation tool was used, you can note your report accordingly.

I might expand on what DdmrDdmr, and ask what is the root cause of your concern? Are you concerned that your local section is being cluttered by unintelligible posts? Or are you upset that someone is taking work from someone that might otherwise be available to a native speaker of your language?

If I was hiring someone to translate very specific content that I have in one language to another language, I would probably want the translator to use an automated tool as a starting point, and to make corrections using their knowledge of the other language. Doing this ensures that nothing is missed. I would point out that copying specific content is not the same as having a conversation or interacting with someone. If someone is being hired to post specific content in another language, there are other rules that need to be followed, such as the bumping once every 24 hours, and not making "double posts".

One person you mentioned in your other thread is pedrillo0. This person's most recent post is in a thread that he created. The thread has a total of 68 posts, all of which are written by him. The issue of using automated translation tools aside, making this many consecutive posts is obviously not acceptable. This person can write the OP, and any reserved posts, he can subsequently bump his thread by giving an update/news, but if no one posts in his thread after he writes the update/news, if he wants to post in his thread again, he needs to remove his previous post with an update/news, and if desired, he can consolidate the information into a single new post.

I am willing to bet there are a lot of poorly translated posts that fit the above description. Finding and reporting the above type of "double post spam" will probably (close to) solve the problem with people using automated translation tools to professionally translate. Getting these posts removed will not remove all posts written with automated translation tools, but it will make using these tools less profitable, so people will have less of an incentive for doing so.