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Google translate silently drops translation of (some?) Covid-19 information
- wolfhumble 6y agoA few weeks ago on Hacker New this post was submitted: "Guidance against wearing masks for the coronavirus is wrong – cover your face (bostonglobe.com)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22716618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22716618 Reading this thread I came a cross a comment promoting simple DIY masks if medical-grade masks were not available in sufficient numbers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22716927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22716927 Today I was in contact with Spanish friend of mine and he told me he didn't have a mask. As I wasn't available to help, I told him that a using a scarf is probably better than nothing, and wanted to send him the link mentioned in the comment above, and translate it from English to Spanish: https://link.medium.com/LY7RRNr2X4 https://link.medium.com/LY7RRNr2X4 The link leads to this post: https://medium.com/@matthiassamwald/promoting-simple-do-it-yourself-masks-an-urgent-intervention-for-covid-19-mitigation-14da4100f429 https://medium.com/@matthiassamwald/promoting-simple-do-it-y... Trying to translate this page on Google translate does not give any results, and it does not tell you the reason. Yesterday a post showed that "YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22954765 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22954765 I wonder if this now also is the case for Google Translate?