Why does Safari offer to translate my home page?

I have built my home page in HTML to contain links to my favorite web sites. It is in English, but for no reason I can see, Safari offers to translate it. "Translate to English" produces only 2 changes, as follows:

"Wonkette" -> "Won chain"

"Facebook" -> "FACEBOOK"


Is there something I can include in the HTML that will discourage Safari from this behavior?

Can I send my home page to Apple, for debugging?


Craig MacKenna

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jun 25, 2023 10:26 AM

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Jun 27, 2023 11:45 AM in response to Craig MacKenna

Hi Craig MacKenna,


Looking further, we did find how you can report the translation errors to Apple. Check out this page for instructions:

Translate a webpage in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

Translate a webpage
1. In the Safari app  on your Mac, go to the webpage you want to translate.
2. If the webpage can be translated, the Smart Search field displays the Translate button .
3. Click the Translate button , then choose a language.
4. If you think the translation might need improvement, click the Translate button , then choose Report Translation Issue. The translation is sent to Apple for review.

All the best.

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Jun 27, 2023 7:43 AM in response to Craig MacKenna

Hey Craig MacKenna,


Thanks for reaching out for support. Sounds like some of the words just aren't being picked up as English for whatever reason, but we wouldn't have web development suggestions to make here on these forums or the ability to send the HTML to Apple for debugging.


Take care!

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Jun 27, 2023 8:08 AM in response to UTBadger

Presumably, there would be a correlation between "words that aren't being picked up as English" and the changes made by the "translation". Obviously "Wonkette" is not a word in English, probably not in any other language either. Translating "Facebook" to all caps is pretty incomprehensible. I'll try saving the translated source and comparing it to the original.

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