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by kypro 463 days ago
Wouldn't the alternative be worse for most people?

If you're a global company it would be silly to assume all your readers speak/read a single language. AI translations (assuming that's what this is) are not perfect, but better than nothing.

I get how poor translation could be irritating for bilingual people who notice the quality difference though, but I guess you guys have the advantage of being able to switch the language.

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I have `en-US` set as the second preference language, so just show me the content in `en-US` unless you have a real human-vetted translation into my primary language.
Excluded middle. It doesn't have to be automatic, it could well be a choice. Best of all worlds if you ask me.