1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index 8596f23..133b0b3 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { sha256 } from '@noble/hashes/sha256';
 import { base64urlnopad } from '@scure/base';
 import { t, getLang } from '../i18n.js';
 import { inLanguage, isMachinePost, guessLang } from '../lang-guess.js';
-import { translatePieces } from '../translate-split.js';
+import { translatePieces, translatable as transParts } from '../translate-split.js';
 import { animateZap, warmZapSound } from '../zap-animation.js';
 import { SIGNER_SILENT } from '../dm.js';
 import { cacheStorage, onCacheReady, cacheIsReady } from '../cache-store.js';
@@ -4083,7 +4083,13 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   const translatable = (ev) => !!ev && !ev.pending && (ev.kind === 1 || ev.kind === COMMENT);
   // foreign as far as the cheap guess can tell (a script, or a clear other
   // language); unknown is never translated unasked
-  const looksForeign = (ev) => translatable(ev) && canTranslateTo(getLang()) && !inLanguage(noteText(ev), getLang());
+  // A post that is only hashtags is judged by them: its tags in a script
+  // the reader can't read are what wants translating (as glosses).
+  const looksForeign = (ev) => {
+    if (!translatable(ev) || !canTranslateTo(getLang())) return false;
+    const text = noteText(ev), { prose, tags } = transParts(text, getLang());
+    return prose.length ? !inLanguage(text, getLang()) : tags.length > 0;
+  };
   const langName = (code) => { try { return new Intl.DisplayNames([getLang()], { type: 'language' }).of(code) || code; } catch { return code; } };
   // the translation to SHOW for this post now, or null
   function shownTranslation(ev) {
@@ -4109,7 +4115,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     }
     const tr = await browserTranslators.get(pair);
     if (!tr) return null;
-    return translatePieces(text, (qs) => Promise.all(qs.map((q) => tr.translate(q))));
+    return translatePieces(text, (qs) => Promise.all(qs.map((q) => tr.translate(q))), to);
   }
   async function translateNote(ev, { asked = false } = {}) {
     const k = transKey(ev);
@@ -4131,13 +4137,13 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         });
         const j = await r.json().catch(() => ({}));
         if (!r.ok) throw new Error(j.error || 'translate ' + r.status);
-        out = { text: String(j.text || ''), source: j.source || null };
+        out = { text: String(j.text || ''), source: j.source || null, nothing: !!j.nothing };
       }
       // already in the reader's language after all: nothing to show, and
       // nothing to offer again
       if (!out.text || out.source === to || out.text.trim() === text.trim()) {
         translating.set(k, 'same');
-        if (asked) toast(t('translateSame'));
+        if (asked) toast(t(out.nothing ? 'translateNothing' : 'translateSame'));
       } else {
         translations.set(k, out);
         translating.delete(k);