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 I've notice on screenshot from other Mastodon users there is a "translate" button next to some posts. Is this something our server admin needs to install? This would be very useful. I've gotten to the age where leaning German and Italian would be quite a stretch and cut into my evening TV time. 
 @de22920b yes, that's an additional service that has to be enabled via API on mastodon (like search) 
 @de22920b not quite as convenient but you can use the firefox translation tool until it's turned on if you run firefox, basically just highlight the message, right click, translate. it's what i've been using.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-translations 
 Every well developed software of the #fediverse, different from mastodon already has an integrated translation feature.  
For example #soapbox (subject of kind of discrimination named #fediblock) and #misskey for example.

https://media.orwell.fun/3e9ec9fa73ef10a524f99e662576c89d1fecaa548845338a62a6233e1b31fa3f.png 
 @de22920b 

As a German I learned English for Manic Mansion, Zak McKracken and Monkey Island!
Aye! 
 @de22920b This is available now, and being incorporated into Firefox proper.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/translate/