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- Large social media platforms like YouTube and Reddit are using automated translations, causing language mixing.
- Google indexes translated Reddit threads via URL parameters, leading to non-English results for users in certain locales.
- YouTube uses AI-powered auto-dubbing to serve videos in different languages without user notice.
- In multiplayer games, players often speak in their native language, possibly expecting technology to translate automatically.
- The trend suggests languages may become less relevant in online spaces, similar to the Babel fish concept.