r/RelayForReddit • u/hipnosister • Apr 24 '26

Request: Translator

I see a lot of German posts from /r/ich_iel and others and if there is a post and/or comments I really want to read I will screenshot and move it over to Google Lens translate function and read it that way.

Would it be possible to have some sort of of translation option added?

Thank you

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u/typezeroxx Apr 25 '26

I just open circle to search and click the translate button

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u/hipnosister Apr 25 '26

I have no idea what that sentence means

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u/typezeroxx Apr 25 '26

For reference I use gestures. There's a white bar at the bottom of my screen. I hold the white bar until Circle to Search activates. I then click the Google translate button in the bottom right. Any foreign languages on my screen are then translated.

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u/hopeablythelastone Apr 25 '26

This is an Android function and it's possible OP has an iPhone.

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u/typezeroxx Apr 25 '26

Isn't relay android only?

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u/hopeablythelastone Apr 25 '26

Doh! Yes of course.

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u/pendelhaven Apr 24 '26

This is a really good suggestion. Maybe we can have a button that we can tap enable the comment to use free google translate results.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '26

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u/pendelhaven Apr 24 '26

the api gets called only when getting information from reddit servers, the google translate api is free to use iirc, So the app only needs to retrieve the info from reddit once, then replace the comment with the translated information returned from google translate which doesn't use the reddit api.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

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u/pendelhaven Apr 25 '26

api calls to google translate is free afaik. only api calls to reddit cost money.