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We’re moving Traducir to our internal infrastructure
It's been a long time since we started using Traducir on Stack Overflow en español in 2018. We originally built it as open source, which not only let us accept contributions from users, but more ...
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Will original answers but translated by AI receive the same treatment as answers spontaneously generated by AI?
As announced on Stack Overflow Meta, the use of content generated by ChatGPT is temporarily banned.
It was stated in Temporary policy: ChatGPT is banned
Stack Overflow is a community built on trust. ...
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Space SE: "Question saved to На потом." Why is "for later" shown in Russian? [duplicate]
Moments ago I saved the Space SE question Power and frequency units used in Deep Space Network XML data? and the usual banner appeared, but with mixed English and Russian. Screenshot below at 2022-12-...
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Badge for helping with UI-text translation/localization on non-English international sites
Good behaviour encouraged: help add localizations for UI text on international non-English sites.
Bronze: 1 translation contributed
Silver: I don't know (discuss!)
Gold: I don't know
I don't know ...
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Are there rewards for translators on Stack Exchange sites?
Are there any rewards (eg. badge(s) or reputation benefits) available for the people who contribute to the translations of non-English Stack Exchange sites (eg. Stack Overflow en español) through ...
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What is the best way to contribute to bringing Stack Exchange (especially AI, but everything code) to other languages? [duplicate]
I'm active in AI governance and actually in a lecture recently Luisa Olaya was talking about the barriers to using AI in the developing world, and what a problem it was that there aren't tools to help ...
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How does Stack Exchange search for non English words work (or Korean specifically if that matters)?
NOTE: it seems Meta Stack Exchange blocks posts with Korean characters so I have reformulated this question using only English. You can view the actual question on Korean language meta here.
Let's ...
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May I speak English in the chat related to a localized site? [duplicate]
May I speak English in the chat related to a localized site? For example, may I speak English in Stack Overflow in Russian chat? And is there any rule about it?
P.S. I guess I may because a chat is ...
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Is there a preferred format for numbers on Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
In the US and UK, numbers have a comma separating the thousands and a period separating the decimal portion.
The median round-trip time is 1,256,532.65 milliseconds.
In much of the EU, as well as ...
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Which language should I use while editing questions? [duplicate]
TLDR
While editing questions, is there any problem if I change the spelling of words in American English to British English unknowingly (as suggested by my computer)?
The long version
I am an ...
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Language to use in language-related sites
In which language should askers and answerers write in sites like German Language, French Language, Spanish Language or Italian Language?
In English: those sites are meant for people of all ...
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Should communities be permitted to change their close reasons?
On the Russian Stack Overflow site we've had some discussions about changing the wording of close reasons. There was one point brought up that I feel warrants some consensus from the wider Stack ...
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How does StackExchange handle localization?
I just read the new blog post: http://blog.stackexchange.com/2015/07/announcing-stackexchange-precompilation/ (which is awesome)
This sentence interests me:
We do a lot of meta-programming to bake ...
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Does stackoverflow.ru abuse Stack Overflow's name?
I just found this russian question on StackOverflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26711547/qt-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C-%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%B0%...
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To localize or not to localize on Mobile
As most of you are hopefully aware, we've launched both Android and iOS apps this year. One recurring subject that's come up each time I talk to another big-scale mobile developer or person in the ...
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Is “stackoverflow em Português” for Brazilians only?
Why is the URL for stackoverflow em Português (or Stack Overflow em Português?) https://br.stackoverflow.com/ rather than https://pt.stackoverflow.com/?
br is the language code for Breton. It's also ...
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Is there a Stack Exchange site for philosophy in French?
Is there a Stack Exchange site for philosophy in French? If not, what about adding one? In a broader scope, is there a plan to add site in each language on each topic of Stack Overflow?
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Feedback Wanted: Careers 2.0 in French
Careers 2.0 is making its way through Europe. The German launch went so well that we’re ready to show off the new Careers in French. So what have we messed up?
We have a few native French speakers ...
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What will be the next localization for Careers 2.0?
In November 2012, Careers.de opened. This was the first localized version of the Careers 2.0 site.
Now, is there a planning of the next localized Careers 2.0 site?
I ask of course specifically ...
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How does Stack Exchange manage different "static" content on each site?
I'm curious how SE manages the content of the various sites in their network. With so many sites, they must have a fairly efficient process at this point for spinning up new sites.
I understand that ...
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Display Name in Local Language
When I am searching my problem in Stack Overflow I saw display name in Chinese may be Korean I don't know.
So I also try to change my display name in Nepali. I give my display name श्री खनाल but ...
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Feedback Wanted: Careers in German
Careers 2.0 is now in German (and localized for the UK). What have we messed up?
We’ve been hard at work localizing Careers 2.0 for the German and UK markets. UK users won’t see much difference other ...
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Should the network use thousands separators in numbers?
Currently the network has a very inconsistent track record when it comes to injecting thousands separators in numbers >= 4 digits. Sometimes on the same page there will be commas in one element and ...
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Does the lack of localization dilute the quality of the questions and answers?
I have come across a few questions that were asked by non-native English speaking developers who have asked questions that can be interpreted in multiple ways. Basically the questions asked is an ...
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Le proposte del tipo "<sito> in <lingua>" creano inaccettabili barriere linguistiche e vanno uccise con il massimo pregiudizio
You're probably reading that and thinking, "what?!", and reaching for your close votes or your edit sticks. And that's a perfectly good thing. That's precisely the kind of feeling I want.
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Help translate the Stack Exchange UI (unofficial)
Earlier this year, I saw a post written by Pekka asking what the state of the nation was regarding localisation. Rob replied that localisation was creeping up Stack Exchange's list of priorities, but ...
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How about translating the SO FAQ into foreign languages?
A lot of the questions that get downvoted and closed on SO are asked by non-native English speakers. Sometimes unfairly, because there is a good question behind some unusual or plain bad wording.
I'...
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How we can establish useful, thriving communities in other languages?
Joel asked this question on this blog post. I've looked through the questions in this area here, and seen the official policy, but I don't see anything related to that blog post, so this is asking ...
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Should niche sites be allowed to be multi-lingual?
I understand why Stack Overflow is English-only, and agree with this, but in the response from Jeff to an interesting suggestion from Oscar Reyes, he notes that "for Stack Exchange, this is a ...
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Make times on the site in user's local time zone [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Make recent activity “today” etc. buttons based on user’s time zone?
Times on comments, questions, answers, etc (on the tool tip) are expressed in UTC. This ...
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Localized versions of Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I don't think Stack Overflow should allow questions in other languages, do they? I often hear comments like "I wish we had Stack Overflow in our language".
Are there any plans to make Stack Overflow ...