Reddit users can now translate posts into other languages

Reddit is enabling a new feature for its users that would allow them to translate posts into eight different languages including English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and Swedish.

To translate a post users will have to click on 'translate' button at the top underneath the Redditor's username. Users can choose their preferred languages in Settings to get options.

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The feature is currently available to iOS and Android users, along with those using the web.

The company says that it is also experimenting with translations on comments as well. "Soon, your entire conversation experience on Reddit can be multilingual,” the company wrote in its recent post.

 

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