# Can we drop the translation rule?

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**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-translation-rule/1006496 "2024-08-31T00:50:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-translation-rule/1006496/3 "2024-08-31T00:54:25Z")

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There’s never been a ban on links to foreign-language materials. [What you got smacked down for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caligula-declaring-war-on-the-sea-did-it-happen/1006489/3) was a post where, first of all, the entire content of the post was in a foreign language, and second of all, where none of the content was your own.

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