Topic: Isn't rule 27 outdated? - page 3. (Read 1191 times)

I always assumed this rule was meant to stop spam. It's not about the quality of the translation, it's because it's trivially easy to machine-translate a text into every possible language the forum has a local board (or thread) for. Having to pay many different people to make translations for each board is a huge barrier against spam.
Keep this rule

1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.

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What I'm saying is that the rule is outdated but you haven't understood what it's about.

What is wrong with what you say is not the rule, it is your interpretation of it.

What I'm saying is that the rule is outdated but you haven't understood what it's about.

I didn't know about this rule but i honestly dont like it.

I am not a native English speaker and i need help sometime with the translator, what's wrong with that?

The rule is not outdated, but it's probably targeting users who may try to spam every board using automated translation tools in order to increase their post count or farm accounts.

12. No duplicate posting in multiple boards (except for re-posting topics in the local language boards if they're translated and re-posting marketplace topics in the altcoin boards if altcoins are accepted).

Section: Local

All Local boards - Discussion of various topics in the appropriate language. Posting translated coin announcements is limited to languages that have their own section (a.k.a. dedicated board with sub-boards).

To discourage automatically translated content, even if it isn't heavily enforced. 

Besides, what is the point of the rule?

In fact, from time to time we get posts like this in our local board, I always report them to moderators and they get deleted every single time.

Besides, what is the point of the rule? If the translated content posted on the local forum is spam or low value it already breaks other rules and can be reported, but if it is interesting, why can't it be posted if it is automatically translated whereas it can be posted if translated by my friend who has a certain level but is not proficient?

First you must consider contexts and homonyms, Auto tools always fail in words with same spelling but different meanings. For instance, bark has multiple meanings, you could be referring to a tree bark while the tool would translate to a dog bark. This mistake will probably be omitted by a person who is not proficient, because they could differentiate in their writing which one they're talking about. Moreover, auto translators are hard to read and understand, could it translate idioms? Only a native speaker can interprete such things, and in literature every single detail matters.

Gradually, you are begining to admit that AI is now made sophisticated to outperform humans in translating their native language, which is a lie. Those tools are just fine for  people who don't really understand the language. They'll be no way an automatic tool will translate English to my local dialect that I wouldn't find out, it's just obvious. Have you ever tried conversing with a German on social media using auto translators, how does the conversation flow?

Finally, you also failed to realize, where you mentioned optimizing your text with AI, the difference between AI generated content and AI edited contents. Take grammarly for example, there now have a beta version that helps to rewrite your text to suit native readers, AI does it, and it's far better than relying on such tools to build a content from scratch. Have you been to Quora lately, the quality of answers there dropped so much, because of AI generated contents. The rule 27 is fine the way it is, at least locals should be able to communicate with genuine native speakers of their language, the fun of natural conversation is unbeaten.

While I'm not implying this, it is also possible that they employed a translation team for the local boards.

Why you can't prove it? isn't native speaker know if the grammar off or use wrong words?

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First you must consider contexts and homonyms, Auto tools always fail in words with same spelling but different meanings. For instance, bark has multiple meanings, you could be referring to a tree bark while the tool would translate to a dog bark.

Have you ever tried conversing with a German on social media using auto translators, how does the conversation flow?

Finally, you also failed to realize, where you mentioned optimizing your text with AI, the difference between AI generated content and AI edited contents.