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I’ve been noticing this when trying to translate posts on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza (like the one that’s quoted) in @MonaApp, which I believe uses Apple’s translation APIs. The translation is carried out and appears briefly and then is quickly replaced by this error message. Only ever experienced it while translating Israel/Gaza-related posts. Anyone else run into this? Coincidence, incompetence, or Apple censoring translations?

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“Translation is unavailable at the moment. Try again at a later time” message in Mona for Mastodon (iOS screenshot)

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alexcurtin
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I tried in the IceCubes app. It translated the full post and then got the error as I scrolled.

I usually only use it on shorter posts though.

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@alexcurtin Curious. I just tried with Ice Cubes (iOS) and had no issue with the translation (to English for me), including scrolling to the bottom. Did it twice just to confirm.
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alexcurtin
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@mjturner hmm. Still hitting it after updating to 26.5 but my money is still on a sw glitch over the length. On-device mode didn’t seem to make a diff for me.
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Aral Balkan
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@alexcurtin @mjturner What phones are you two on? I’m on an iPhone 12 mini. Not sure if that’s a factor.
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J.L. 1285
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I’m using the newer Mona (v7.3.2) where it gives a choice of translation options. When I use “iOS view” I get the error you’re describing, but when using “Mona view” I get a full translation. I prefer the Mona View anyways because it puts the English version first, which saves me from scrolling through all the text I want translated.
A screenshot of the settings within the Mona app. When I long-press on the translate option, I get the choice of iOS View, or Mona View to translate.
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Noortje Van Leeuwen
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apple is censoring.

They stoll believe their own bullshit narrative of "only good guys use apple products"

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FreediverX
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Worked fine in Ivory app.
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Bart Schuller
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I’m also a @MonaApp user and the quoted article does translate for me, without disappearing.
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Bart Schuller
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And my Mona is set to iOS translation, so that’s evidence against an evil apple conspiracy.
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Aral Balkan
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@bart Good to know.

(And there’s no conspiracy. Who needs conspiracies when their CEO hands Trump a golden trophy himself on live TV?)

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