I think you misunderstood… I just mentioned FB cause i saw they now have pretty much exactly the functionality i was thinking of.
The translation functionality that i have seen on FB today is just what the translator plugin could do. I am not asking for discourses own translation service or anything - just a friendly UI option to enter your own translation for a post…
Just same thing as was discussed above - would just need a + button to add your own translation for a post → choose language, see the standard-language text (for example english), OR as in FB’s case, the already translated (by MS or google service) text → modify it → save it.
→ User would see either standard language (f.e. English), or the translation the admin entered manually if available for that locale, OR have the option to use MS or google service to translate.
I don’t see why it would need an extraordinary effort for all that - just storing additional text… the mentioned “hack” above may make this possible but i am not a developer and hacks may make upgrading a nightmare,…
I just think most people may at some point want to translate a post themselves - like a globally pinned introduction of their brand or descriptoin of the forum or something… there such a feature would be important, wouldn’t it?