Automattic / Automattic/harper

Detecting other languages

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bug enhancement
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Description

**What problem does this solve?**
Most of us use such plugins, because English is not our first language. That means we all write also in our native language. It would be helpful that plugin would detect a "non-english" language and stop underlining everything you type - it is slightly annoying.

**Proposed Solution**
It would be helpful that plugin would detect a "non-english" language and stop underlining everything you type.

**Examples**
Na primer, takle tekst je popolnoma nesmiselno, da je ves podčrtan. Malo moti ...

**Component**
Chrome plugin

**Additional Context**
Nike - just do it! Thanks.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the Chrome plugin's current language-checking behavior and how it decides what text to underline. Done means non-English text is detected and no longer underlined while English checking continues, with the behavior verified in the Chrome plugin.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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