How Telegram Messenger circumvents Google Translate's API

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Google Translate

I really don't understand this. Is Telegram a legitimate app? If so, then why are they attempting to rip off other companies' work without paying them? You want an integration with a translation API? Then pay a fair price for one, or build your own? If Telegram really can't afford an integration, just make a translate button that opens a link to https://translate.google.com/?sl=es&tl=en&text=API%20de%20traducci%C3%B3n%20para%20pobres.

#Languages #Translation Service #Language Translation 502 social mentions

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Hamana

Telegram's use of the Translate API may be violating Google ToS. But then: It isn't uncommon to use translate.google.com to "violate law" to view websites otherwise blocked by governments. translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=cn&u=<url> ex: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=zh-CN&u=https://theguardian.com/us or if <i>translate.google.com</i> is blocked: <subdomain-domain-tld>.translate.goog/<path>/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en ex: https://www-theguardian-com.translate.goog/us?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=zh-CN <i>Adversarial interoperability</i> (while it works) on the Web is truly a thing of beauty. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability.

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The Guardian

Telegram's use of the Translate API may be violating Google ToS. But then: It isn't uncommon to use translate.google.com to "violate law" to view websites otherwise blocked by governments. translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=cn&u=<url> ex: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=zh-CN&u=https://theguardian.com/us or if <i>translate.google.com</i> is blocked: <subdomain-domain-tld>.translate.goog/<path>/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en ex: https://www-theguardian-com.translate.goog/us?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=zh-CN <i>Adversarial interoperability</i> (while it works) on the Web is truly a thing of beauty. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability.

#Social Networks #RSS Reader #RSS 2 social mentions

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Matrix.org

Telegram is great if you like shiny native features like stickers and having lightweight native clients, but at everything else Telegram is at risk of losing in the long-term. The big reason for this is that Telegram decided to roll everything mostly on their own (including e.g. MTProto), Telegram is not compatible with Matrix unless you use a bridge, it is not e2e encrypted (unless you use mobile 1-to-1 secret chats. The server side code is proprietary, and the builds of the clients that are published to the app stores could be anything. While I love using Telegram right now for talking to some groups of friends, I would look at supporting https://matrix.org , since it will likely become the de-facto standard of building messaging platforms.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Instant Messaging 582 social mentions