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Automatic language translation

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TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
9d 20h
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Description

Automatic Language Translation

Provide an IRC-side facility for defining a user-set language and translating incoming messages to that language.

Why on IRC?

Sheer convenience and optimization. What do I mean?

What's better?

When served over IRC we send a single translation to all appropriate users and we don't need to cache, very lightweight and effective.

The alternative

An HTTP endpoint via backend, we'd have to translate and cache each translation and serve it multiple times to whoever requested it, increasing server load, not optimal for large channels using translation features and might inadvertently result in a self-DDoS on busy servers on light hardware.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the IRC message-handling path and the existing user-language settings, then determine how translation would be requested and delivered to appropriate users. Done means users can set a language and incoming IRC messages are translated through the proposed IRC-side facility.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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