clloyd

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Comment · 10 years ago
I think there are disadvantages to a downvote button in some cases, the current setup allows for every comment to be seen as an equal (as long as it passes the community guidelines), which can be valuable when discussing particularly contentious issues. I guess it's always a choice as to what community you are looking to foster.

(Disclaimer: I'm a dev at the Guardian, but not in an area related to commenting)

Comment · 11 years ago
Wow! Greenlandic looks awesome! Never had the pleasure of supporting greenland yet. Limited by API support currently...
Comment · 11 years ago
Yep, on the feature list, currently it's limited to en -> Other only. Also looking at selecting the target languages so you only see the languages you want.
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks userulluipeste! It's great to get feedback, seems Yandex API isn't the best, very interested if there's any others people have had a good experience with?
Comment · 11 years ago
anentropic: I liked the effect of when a translation appearing as soon as they return. Not the most efficient decision I know! :D
Comment · 11 years ago
As a quick explanation. Very simple utility for quickly seeing what is the longest translation (by number of characters) for a specific word/phrase.

Plan to keep this online until I hit my API call limit then will post the source over the weekend!

Enjoy!

Comment · 11 years ago
Underneath it is currently using the Yandex API, mainly due to it's generous free tier. Can't speak to the quality myself, but it does the job as a quick tool for simple translations.
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks for the feedback DanielStraight! Yep definitely a great idea and something I want to do!

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