When I post here, a link is added to both LinkedIn [1] and Facebook [2]. I do this both to get my post out there, and to have a place where people can comment. What I did not expect was to have Facebook translate automatically.
My friend Bob [3] remarked on Facebook, “Laughing that FB auto translated that.” When I asked what “that” was, my friend Amanda replied “on the contrary my brother.” [4] And I don't know how I feel about that. I specifically choose that title, but Facebook goes and translates it. I wasn't expecting that. And it's not like people are incapable of highlighting the phrase and doing an Internet search on it.
Am I complaining about crutches [5] again? Is this pandering to “stupid Americans?” Are my posts translated to English if they're aren't? No, I'm seeing posts in non-English with an option to have Facebook translate it. It might be the “smartphone” Facebook application does this automatically. I don't know, I don't have the Facebook application on my phone to check.
I wonder that Facebook will do to the title of this post?
[3] http://www.robertanstett.com/
![[4] /boston/2019/12/21/translate-this.jpg](/gemini.conman.org/boston/2019/12/21/translate-this.jpg){kind=link}