Machine Translations Break Manual Translations

[MemeProduced]

Issue Type: Other
Impact: Critical
Frequency: Constantly
Date First Experienced: 2021-02-22 00:02:00 (+03:00)
Date Last Experienced: 2021-02-22 00:02:00 (+03:00)

Reproduction Steps:
Manual translation for a game I have worked on was corrupted by machine translations, lots of entries suddenly started having spelling mistakes with the vast majority of strings not matching with contents of the localization table with manual translations. The developer who is working on the game does not seem to be using Discord anymore and I can’t get in touch with them, but they have spent $1k+ on localization just for Roblox to break it.

Link to the game - [Update12!]My Supermarket - Roblox

Evidence

THE TRANSLATION IS MORE CORRUPTED, I JUST DON’T WANT TO SCREENSHOT EVERYTHING

This started appearing after the forced machine translations rollout.

Expected Behavior:
I expect the game to display my translation

Actual Behavior:
The localization system corrupts my translation

Workaround:
This does not work Automatic Translation: Full Platform Rollout! - #196

[SoulSearch]

I can confirm this issue.

This is a critical matter, not only for us translators whose previous work is now ruined, but to all developers who spent their hard-earned cash on translation work.

[K0RUII (Koruii)]

I have experienced this as well in some of my friends games. Roblox should have a setting to turn it off.

[DavidNet22 (Dvd)]

They do, but the OP is saying that it does not work:

@MemeProduced

This does not work:
Automatic Translation: Full Platform Rollout! - #196

Automatic Translation: Full Platform Rollout!

Hey all, If the release of automatic translation support is something that you would like to disable for your game, you can do so by going into your game’s Configure Localization page, navigating to the Settings tab, disable the Automatic Text Capture setting and flush the table. Flushing of the table will remove any automatically scraped text that has an automatic translation or no translation. This will NOT impact any scraped entry with a manual translation or any manually added entries. We …

Automated Translations Break Cloud Localization Tables Of Already Translated Games

Hi folks! The team is investigating the reports shared here. In the meantime, they have just shared a workaround if you’d like to disable and flush automatic translations in your game. Here’s the step-by-step to save you a click: Go into your game’s Configure Localization page Navigate to the Settings tab Disable the Automatic Text Capture setting Flush the table (this will NOT impact any scraped entry with a manual translation / manually added entries)

[K0RUII (Koruii)]

Well idk all ik is it doesn’t work when you turn it off i guess

[LowPolys]

Automatic translation has been nothing but a headache, I also experienced issues with it. It still pains me to see Roblox releasing features that everyone complains about.

[IOnlySayToxicPlayer]

Heylà, roblox seems to have a bad translation

It seems that the word SUPERMARKET was supposed to be SUPERMERCATO but badly translated, too for others