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"View original" doesn't exist in legacy Google Translate on mobile web, so modal refers to non-existent element
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Visit https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fid.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPenanganan_pengecualian in a mobile browser, then tap on the "Automatic translation" button. The modal suggests the user to Use the “View original” option above to access the original content. "View original" is available in the legacy presentation for Google Translate on the classic web (desktop), and it's also available on the Material Design treatment on the mobile web, but it isn't available on the legacy presentation for Google Translate on the mobile web.

Assuming the exit hatch for a user to get to the original is necessary here, a potential workaround might be to link directly to the article from the context of this modal, where the interface is JS-generated and so out of scope for the translation machinery intercepting URLs...although there's more than one way to satisfy the need.