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Automatic translation does not work in some languages
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Additionally:

What should have happened instead?:
The automatic translation should return text in English.

Software version:
WMF wiki.

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
I haven't checked the behavior for other languages, but this is a significant issue that we need to address.

Event Timeline

Johannnes89 subscribed.

That's intentional, there's even a warning: "On the English Wikipedia this tool is limited to extended confirmed editors, and the machine translation component is disabled for all users (see WP:CXT)."

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Both English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia have disabled machine translations because the communities feel these lead to too many low-quality translations -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_translation_tool#Why_machine_translation_is_disabled_in_content_translation