SimplyTranslate is now on gemini

1. metalune (metalune (a) mailbox.org)

Hello, first, let me introduce myself.
I am the maintainer of the Simple Web project, and I go by the name
"metalune".
We have a project called SimplyTranslate that allows users to access
google and libretranslate translations without having to go on either
site, HTTP: https://translate.metalune.xyz

and now we have a gemini interface too!
I host an instance of it on gemini://translate.metalune.xyz

I thought this might interest y'all.
If you encounter bugs please either file a ticket on Sourcehut
(https://todo.sr.ht/~metalune/SimplyTranslate) or message us on our IRC
channel: #simple-web on freenode

Have a nice day everyone

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2. Jason McBrayer (jmcbray (a) carcosa.net)

metalune writes:
> We have a project called SimplyTranslate that allows users to access
> google and libretranslate translations without having to go on either
> site, HTTP: https://translate.metalune.xyz and now we have a gemini
> interface too! I host an instance of it on
> gemini://translate.metalune.xyz

Thank you! This is very useful!

-- 
Jason McBrayer      | ?Strange is the night where black stars rise,
jmcbray at carcosa.net | and strange moons circle through the skies,
                    | but stranger still is lost Carcosa.?
                    | ? Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow

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3. metalune (metalune (a) mailbox.org)

> Thank you! This is very useful!

:D

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4. Miguel de Luis Espinosa (enteka (a) fastmail.com)

Many thanks for this, muchas gracias and multumesc foarte mult, even. 

I wonder if it could be possible/desirable/too cheeky to ask to have 
something to translate entier gemini documents.

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5. Oliver Simmons (oliversimmo (a) gmail.com)

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6. Miguel de Luis Espinosa (enteka (a) fastmail.com)

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, at 7:41 PM, Oliver Simmons wrote:
> I wonder if this could be achieved using proxy-style connections?
> 
> Text in preformatted sections should probably be ignored, that would 
> get really messed up if you tried to auto-translate it.
> 
> ?
> 
> - Oliver Simmons
> 

Auto-translated Ascii art could get horrendous, no doubt

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7. metalune (metalune (a) mailbox.org)

On Sun Feb 7, 2021 at 8:41 PM CET, Oliver Simmons wrote:
> <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
> xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
> xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"
> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta
> http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta
> name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
> /* Font Definitions */
> @font-face
> {font-family:"Cambria Math";
> panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
> @font-face
> {font-family:Calibri;
> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
> /* Style Definitions */
> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
> {margin:0cm;
> font-size:11.0pt;
> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
> a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
> {mso-style-priority:99;
> color:blue;
> text-decoration:underline;}
> .MsoChpDefault
> {mso-style-type:export-only;}
> @page WordSection1
> {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
> margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
> div.WordSection1
> {page:WordSection1;}
> --></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"
> style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p
> class=MsoNormal>I wonder if this could be achieved using proxy-style
> connections?</p><p class=MsoNormal>Text in preformatted sections should
> probably be ignored, that would get really messed up if you tried to
> auto-translate it.</p><p class=MsoNormal>?<o:p></o:p></p><p
> class=MsoNormal>- Oliver Simmons<o:p></o:p></p><p
> class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div
> style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1
> 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal
> style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a
> href="mailto:enteka at fastmail.com">Miguel de Luis
> Espinosa</a><br><b>Sent: </b>07 February 2021 7:11 PM<br><b>To: </b><a
> href="mailto:gemini at lists.orbitalfox.eu">gemini at 
lists.orbitalfox.eu</a><br><b>Subject:
> </b>RE: SimplyTranslate is now on gemini</p></div><p
> class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks for
> this, muchas gracias and multumesc foarte mult, even. </p><p
> class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wonder if it
> could be possible/desirable/too cheeky to ask to have something to
> translate entier gemini documents.</p><p
> class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></body></html>

What the hell happened here?

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8. Oliver Simmons (oliversimmo (a) gmail.com)

I assume your client doesn't do HTML, they (and I think I? email clients
seem to force it now) sent an email with HTML formatting.
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9. metalune (metalune (a) mailbox.org)

On Sun Feb 7, 2021 at 9:54 PM CET, Oliver Simmons wrote:
> I assume your client doesn't do HTML, they (and I think I? email clients
> seem to force it now) sent an email with HTML formatting.

My client *could* support HTML, but I chose not to enable it because..
why would I. I'm using aerc (https://aerc-mail.org) and I was just
really confused when I saw that, hence why I asked. I think you can turn
off HTML in most browsers now.

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10. Jeremy A. (jer (a) jmajeremy.com)

On 2021-02-07 4:01 p.m., metalune wrote:
> 
> On Sun Feb 7, 2021 at 9:54 PM CET, Oliver Simmons wrote:
>> I assume your client doesn't do HTML, they (and I think I? email clients
>> seem to force it now) sent an email with HTML formatting.
> 
> My client *could* support HTML, but I chose not to enable it because..
> why would I. I'm using aerc (https://aerc-mail.org) and I was just
> really confused when I saw that, hence why I asked. I think you can turn
> off HTML in most browsers now.
> 

In Gmail there is an option for plain text mode. When you're composing 
an e-mail, just click on the "three dots" menu (lower right, next to the 
trash can) and select "plain text mode".

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Jeremy
Jer at JMAJeremy.com
(gemini|gopher|https)://jmajeremy.com

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11. Katarina Eriksson (gmym (a) coopdot.com)

metalune <metalune at mailbox.org> wrote:

> On Sun Feb 7, 2021 at 8:41 PM CET, Oliver Simmons wrote:
> > <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
> > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
> > xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"
> > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta
> > http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta
> > name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
>

[...]

What the hell happened here?
>

That is what I have to clean up at work when people insist on writing
everything in Microsoft Word and paste it into whatever they use for
sending data. Sometimes, it's so much metadata that they exceed the limits
of the field even though it's a short message.

-- 
Katarina
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12. Terry Brennan (tcb913 (a) gmail.com)

I'm with you, Katarina. WYSIWYG word processors are a plague upon 
mankind, and that's before one even thinks about its ability to carry 
maleware. Let's hear it for ROFF!

tb


On 02/08/2021 07:03 AM, Katarina Eriksson wrote:
> metalune <metalune at mailbox.org <mailto:metalune at mailbox.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Sun Feb 7, 2021 at 8:41 PM CET, Oliver Simmons wrote:
>     > <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
>     > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
>     > xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"
>     > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta
>     > http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta
>     > name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
>
>
> [...]
>
>     What the hell happened here?
>
>
> That is what I have to clean up at work when people insist on writing 
> everything in Microsoft Word and paste it into whatever they use for 
> sending data. Sometimes, it's so much metadata that they exceed the 
> limits of the field even though it's a short message.
>
> -- 
> Katarina

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