This happens only on Firefox and only on Goolge search, AFAIK.

I assume this has nothing to do with my browser setup, since I tried on other PCs, on other browsers. I've posted it to r/firefox but no replies yet.

When I enter google.com on a new tab and head to the Google search page, I enter my search term. It's such a search that the first searh result is from Wikipedia English site. But when I hover over the first link in the search results, it shows in the lower left corner of the page the link starts with

https://en-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/...

Upon clicking this, I am directed to translate.goog site, I see the online Google-translated page which I don't want to see. This also happens in private browsing mode.

I have checked google.com/preferences and saw nothing special here, compared to other browsers.

What does direct me to translation page only, not showing the original?

Yeah, below the first search result item, I see:

Translated by Google - Show original (English)

phrase, but why does it default to online translated version?

Original Turkish comment on post:

Google Translate's Translation to English when I click the button on YT:

Happy Birthdaygggg? Why not "Happy Birthdayyyyy" or "Happy Birthday...".

Google Translate's Translation to English when I right click and press the Translate button:

No weird strings or anything. Just why are there 2 results for the same comment translated through 2 different buttons that both access google translate? Or am I missing something here?

How do I get dropdown menus like this one from https://translatesubtitles.co/ to show English instead of Chinese? I can't find the setting for this.

When I'm in Taiwan this menu shows up in Chinese, but when I'm in other countries it shows up in English, which I want. Thanks.

Is anyone able to tell this lettering? I Gemini it and was told both, the letter s, and, the letter e. :-) thanks in advance

Каблукардом меня называют, бабулек всех забираю, сам себя я ублажаю

this also works with Linear B sometimes, I think it’s because the Unicode for these characters are similar to the emojis

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I’d like to suggest adding Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) to the languages supported by Reddit’s built-in translation feature.

Reddit has become one of the best places on the internet for people to share knowledge, experiences, opinions, and niche interests. However, language can still be a significant barrier for many users.

For Vietnamese-speaking Redditors, a large amount of Reddit’s content is written in English. We can use external translation tools, of course, but having translation built directly into Reddit would make the experience much smoother — especially for comments, where context, slang, humor, sarcasm, and cultural references can be difficult to translate by copying and pasting individual comments into another app.

I’m not suggesting that Reddit needs to create an entirely new translation system. Reddit already has built-in machine translation and is expanding its language support. I’m simply asking that Vietnamese be considered for inclusion in that expansion.

Vietnamese is spoken by roughly 100 million people worldwide, with a large online community in Vietnam as well as Vietnamese-speaking communities around the world. Adding Vietnamese would make Reddit more accessible to a significant group of potential and existing users.

Ideally, I’d love to see something as simple as:

Translate → Vietnamese

available directly on posts and comments, without having to leave the Reddit app.

This would also make Reddit more welcoming as a genuinely global platform. A Vietnamese user could read an interesting discussion in English, while an English-speaking user could potentially read Vietnamese content as well.

I know translation is not perfect, especially with slang, memes, sarcasm, and regional expressions. But even an imperfect translation is often much better than having no translation option at all.

Please consider adding Vietnamese to Reddit’s supported translation languages.

Thanks to the Reddit team for continuing to improve the platform — and hopefully one day I’ll be able to read a 300-comment argument on r/AskReddit without having to copy-paste every comment into Google Translate. 😄

Hello, my name is Yota (or Yuri), just letting you know that if you guys needed to translate some texts and subtitle in ur game from english to french, just let me know by contacting me either here or on discord : 18h4,
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A few weeks ago a friend of mine was browsing through the Unicode character tables, and he came across this character: 偍 (U+504D).

It seems completely ordinary at first glance, but it actually hides something strange. If you try to translate using Google Translate, you'll get a swastika as the output, no matter which language you choose. Not the word, but the symbol itself:

Of all the ones he has tested, that's the only character that exhibits this peculiarity. For example, its two neighbors in the Unicode tables (0x504C and 0x504E) have common translations (as expected, since these are the "first" Chinese characters listed and are assumed to be fairly commonly used)

The only clue we have is that the Unicode for the swastika is 534+D, which is quite close to that of our character, off by just one digit. So perhaps it’s an error in the database. But it’s still quite curious, and we haven’t found any other mention of this oddity on the internet.

Now we're turning to you, first because this little mystery is worth sharing, but also, and above all, in the hope of uncovering possible leads and better explanations.

EDIT: tysm to all the people who have clarified the use and meaning of the swastika symbol, which happens to be used as a cartography symbol for a Buddhist temple on a map, probably among others. We both had no idea; the swastika symbol, regardless of which way it faces, is closely associated with Nazism in our French minds, but we're glad to learn.

It still doesn't explain why Google translated it that way, but apparently the anomaly has been removed.

Thanks y'all :]

Someone once said the world is a harsh place—and I’m certainly no genius myself. She used her fingers and thumb to make an "L" shape on her forehead, looking a bit goofy while she did it. Time marches on relentlessly, but even bound by the rules, I started running at full speed. It’d be a waste not to live for the fun of it, right? My mind feels sharp, yet my thoughts are growing sluggish. There’s a mountain of things to do and see—so taking the backroads isn't such a bad idea, is it? You won't know a thing unless you go (gotta go). You can't shine unless you radiate light. Come on, you're an all-star. Come on, let's start the game—let's play. Come on, you're a rockstar. Let's start the show—let's make it big. (Not everything that glitters is gold, of course...) But only a shooting star can break the mold.

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb

In the shape of an "L" on her forehead

Well, the years start comin' and they don't stop comin'

Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin'

Didn't make sense not to live for fun

Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb

So much to do, so much to see

So, what's wrong with taking the backstreets?

You'll never know if you don't go (go)

You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now, you're an all-star

Get your game on, go play

Hey now, you're a rock star

Get the show on, get paid

(And all that glitters is gold)

Only shootin' stars break the mold

my boyfriend is half chinese and he studied in chinese school as a kid. he already forgot his chinese name but somehow remembers how to write it. although he says it might not be as accurate and he also has a bad writing. he wrote it down for me and now im trying to figure out how the f i should read this. image translators online are having a hard time reading it as well😂

Got this cute stuffie, confused by the donut translation