rustdoc, when I use google translate, that translate the doc as well as the code.

[indexroot]

rustdoc, when I use google translate.

the rust code and crates name. translated like this:

the rust-book work well.
I found that using <code></code> protect code do not translate.

Could you update the rustdoc using <code> tag to fix it?

[jyn514]

I don't understand the request, sorry. Are you saying it's incorrect that google translates code blocks, not just the documentation? I don't know how rustdoc could prevent that, we don't control google translate.

[crlf0710]

I tested the code block output at https://spec.commonmark.org/dingus/ . It seems the CommonMark reference implementation generates two levels of elements, the outer level with a pre tag. the inner level with a code tag. Currently it seems rustdoc only generates the pre tag without the code one.

Maybe it's worth aligning the behavior with the reference implementation.

[jyn514]

Ah ok - I'm surprised to hear that since we use pulldown-cmark, which follows the commonmark standard. Someone would have to investigate whether this is specific to rustdoc or whether all tools using pulldown have this issue.

[Kobzol]

I think that using <code> is a good idea, not just for translation, but generally for the semantic meaning of the HTML. <pre><code> is pretty standard HTML for code blocks.

pulldown-cmark uses <code> and even rustdoc tests use it. But rustdoc currently only emits <pre>. I'll try to change it.

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