Lack of Translation Functions

Bug Reports & Technical Support
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I’ve been hit with 24 hour cooldowns while reviewing, twice in eight days. While no explanation was given, I believe this may be caused by the fact that I live near a language boundary and am not comfortable reviewing in the other language, so I skip a lot (about a quarter to a third of my reviews are in the foreign language, and if I can’t vote on photo alone…)

Why does Wayfarer not have built in translation like this forum does?

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Hey @CostcoShopper13 ,

The system enforces cooldowns if it identifies anomalies in the review pattern. This step has been put in place in response to situations from the past where the review flow was abused significantly.

Thanks for your feedback. I’ll share it with the team.

Best,

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In the meantime… what can I do to avoid triggering cooldowns? What is the “anomaly”, or am I just stuck because I’m 26 km from a border and not bilingual and the system believes I’m local to stuff on the other side of the border?

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Here are a few tips to help you review more effectively and avoid cooldowns:

  • Follow the criteria while reviewing nominations, we recommend keeping the eligible and ineligible criteria pages open in a different browser tab for easy access.
  • Take your time and review each segment on its own merit. Read this article for tips on how to review each section: Niantic Wayfarer
  • Avoid using third-party tools/plugins or depending on others to decide on how you vote on a nomination.
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That’s exactly my problem though. When presented with nominations in a language I cannot read, I cannot do #2 and #3 at the same time. So I just skip those. But apparently the system doesn’t like me doing that?

My total agreements are over 75 percent, so obviously it’s not bad reviewing of the ones I can read. (as referenced in point #1).

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Most reviewers when faced with foreign language submissions will use a translator to review them. A lot of browsers these days have a built in translation option. I’m currently on the Android build of Google Chrome and I can translate anything in just two taps.

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I’m using Safari on an iPhone and have been unable to find out how to do that. (Directions I was given in another thread refer to a button I can’t find.) But also wouldn’t that fall under “using third party tools”?

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I may be able to help as I think I have the same setup as you. I have included photos on how I would translate a nomination in review.

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And using this translation is not dictating in any way how you should vote. So it wouldn’t be something that Aaron was warning you against.

Sorry my photos are out of order. The last one should be the second one.

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As its part of the browser that is required to use Wayfarer at all you are not adding any extra tools.