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Re: YouTube is now altering comments? [video]

#11

Post by wazoox »

MiguelHudnandez wrote: post #8

The author does not even bother to mention which video, which browser plugins he is using, or even what domain he is on. I am skeptical of these claims with no attempt to reproduce. I would like to know if another browser would show the original comment or the altered one. Because the comment shows up and is then altered after the fact, I would blame a translation plugin on the client side. I could see a poor-quality…

He mentions the video, it's the latest Curious Droid video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHONQAMV48&t=626s

I met the same problem when some videos had bizarre, translated titles. Nothing as weird as the OP, though.

This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8TS1Nnbc54

I see the title "Grandpa's Grub #2 in the Aude" in Firefox; but in Chromium the title is "LA POPOTE À PÉPÉ Épisode #2 Dans l'Aude à Saint-Gaudéric." which is probably right (all the videos in the series are French, in French and titled in French).

So there's definitely something weird going on, and it's breaking badly youtube. Google never was able to understand that I'm able to read several languages, thank you, and I don't want no stupid auto-translate, ever. Particularly when auto-translate randomly drops words (as in my video example).

Re: YouTube is now altering comments? [video]

#13

Post by wongarsu »

wazoox wrote: post #11
MiguelHudnandez wrote: post #8

The author does not even bother to mention which video, which browser plugins he is using, or even what domain he is on. I am skeptical of these claims with no attempt to reproduce. I would like to know if another browser would show the original comment or the altered one. Because the comment shows up and is then altered after the fact, I would blame a translation plugin on the client side. I could see a poor-quality…

He mentions the video, it's the latest Curious Droid video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHONQAMV48&t=626s I met the same problem when some videos had bizarre, translated titles. Nothing as weird as the OP, though. This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8TS1Nnbc54 I see the title "Grandpa's Grub #2 in the Aude" in Firefox; but in Chromium the title is "LA POPOTE À PÉPÉ Épisode #2 Dans l'Aude à Saint-Gaudéric…

I've never understood why youtube started autotranslating video titles (it's probably in an A/B test as it doesn't always happen). If I can't understand the video title, what's the point in translating it? I wouldn't understand the video either.

Re: YouTube is now altering comments? [video]

#14

Post by therein »

wazoox wrote: post #11
MiguelHudnandez wrote: post #8

The author does not even bother to mention which video, which browser plugins he is using, or even what domain he is on. I am skeptical of these claims with no attempt to reproduce. I would like to know if another browser would show the original comment or the altered one. Because the comment shows up and is then altered after the fact, I would blame a translation plugin on the client side. I could see a poor-quality…

He mentions the video, it's the latest Curious Droid video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHONQAMV48&t=626s I met the same problem when some videos had bizarre, translated titles. Nothing as weird as the OP, though. This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8TS1Nnbc54 I see the title "Grandpa's Grub #2 in the Aude" in Firefox; but in Chromium the title is "LA POPOTE À PÉPÉ Épisode #2 Dans l'Aude à Saint-Gaudéric…

Yup, I've had this happen to me in Firefox as well. It's almost as if someone was doing an A/B test and didn't want to bother with putting thought into the selectors so they just said fuck it in Firefox we will do A and B in Chrome.

Re: YouTube is now altering comments? [video]

#17

Post by dang »

mintplant wrote: post #16
type0 wrote: post #15

This title is misleading and should be changed. At least use the "YouTube is now ALTERING our comments?!" or something,,,

In what way is the title misleading?

Perhaps because it turned into a statement rather than a question? We've put the title closer back to the original. (Submitted title was "YouTube automatically modifying comments on submission".)

Re: YouTube is now altering comments? [video]

#18

Post by squarefoot »

wazoox wrote: post #11
MiguelHudnandez wrote: post #8

The author does not even bother to mention which video, which browser plugins he is using, or even what domain he is on. I am skeptical of these claims with no attempt to reproduce. I would like to know if another browser would show the original comment or the altered one. Because the comment shows up and is then altered after the fact, I would blame a translation plugin on the client side. I could see a poor-quality…

He mentions the video, it's the latest Curious Droid video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHONQAMV48&t=626s I met the same problem when some videos had bizarre, translated titles. Nothing as weird as the OP, though. This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8TS1Nnbc54 I see the title "Grandpa's Grub #2 in the Aude" in Firefox; but in Chromium the title is "LA POPOTE À PÉPÉ Épisode #2 Dans l'Aude à Saint-Gaudéric…

"Google never was able to understand that I'm able to read several languages, thank you, and I don't want no stupid auto-translate, ever."

Same problem on Ebay, and they have a much worse translator than Google, so that English product names get sometimes translated in funny totally unrelated words. I asked them if there's a way to turn off the translation and get only original English terms but alas no way.

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