Automatic Chat Translation Is TRASH and making creators use LegacyChat

Bug Reports Roblox Application and Website Bugs
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#1

TextChatService’s automatic chat translation fails to process Hebrew messages. If Hebrew language translation isn’t supported, messages should remain untranslated rather than causing system issues. This inconsistent behavior is one reason developers opt for legacy chat’s more reliable multilingual handling.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Enable TextChatService
  2. Send Hebrew message
  3. Recipients with different language settings observe chat

Expected Behavior

Either:

  • Hebrew messages translate to recipient’s language, or
  • System recognizes Hebrew as unsupported and leaves message untranslated

Actual Behavior

  • System attempts translation but fails
  • Hebrew messages display incorrectly
  • No indication of unsupported language status

Evidence

Video demonstration:

Impact

Discourages creators from using textchatservice

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#2

hey @sombolian thanks for the report. What is your account language set to when you are writing messages in Hebrew?

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#3

What an awful title you chose.

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#4

English, since my native language Hebrew isn’t supported.

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#5

Hello!

We just rolled out an update that should block translations of chat messages if they contain any Hebrew script. Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention, and we hope this update should make TextChatService more usable for you!

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#6

Thank you so much!
Very much appreciated.

#7

Could you solve this aswell?