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Mark McCaughrean
@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

Well, that's one tiny problem solved.

For ages, I've been irritated that when translating from English into German, Google Translate doesn't allow you to specify whether you want the outcome to be formal or informal, e.g. Sie vs du.

Today, I channeled my inner Shakespeare & used "thou" instead of "you" in my English prose & bingo, the German turned informal 🥳

Works for French (vous vs tu) as well.

Not that this is new – there are posts saying this dating back at least twelve years ... 🤷‍♂️

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Álvaro Herrera
@alvherre@lile.cl replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@markmccaughrean I use Kagi Translate, and it offers the option to switch between formal and informal, as well as a lot of other stuff. I quite like it. I think you can use Kagi Translate for free -- see https://translate.kagi.com/

I do pay for the Kagi search engine.

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@kagihq@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@alvherre @markmccaughrean Yes indeed! Kagi Translate is free for everyone, and paying subscribers get access to additional features:

Kagi subscription modal listing premium features including proofreading, document translation (beta), word insights, advanced dictionary, and text-to-speech, with 'Become a member' button
Kagi subscription modal listing premium features including proofreading, document translation (beta), word insights, advanced dictionary, and text-to-speech, with 'Become a member' button
Kagi subscription modal listing premium features including proofreading, document translation (beta), word insights, advanced dictionary, and text-to-speech, with 'Become a member' button
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