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Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2014–2021), in 7 threads.
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Translated UI text nearly doubles in length, and docs lag behindUnreviewed
20142026- Translated error messages are often poorly translated and sometimes don't make sense2019-07-01
- Translated UI text becomes longer and less clear than the English original2019-02-26
- Broken translations make tools far less usable, and language is forced by Windows location2015-01-15
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 7 complaints
- Mixed-language dialogs with buttons in a different language than the rest of the interface2021-05-17
- Localized error messages can't be searched online, so users can't find out what they mean2021-04-14
- Translated error messages are often poorly translated and sometimes don't make sense2019-07-01
- Translated UI text becomes longer and less clear than the English original2019-02-26
- Broken translations make tools far less usable, and language is forced by Windows location2015-01-15
- Translated UI text nearly doubles in length, and translated docs are incomplete or outdated.2014-09-27
- Direct translations of technical terms are jarring, confusing, and impossible to troubleshoot by searching2014-06-05