Oh my goodness... a LOT of new people... Welcome!
If you need help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse, have a look at:
It's written for a non-technical audience, and hopefully answers most beginners' questions.
If you're looking for accounts to follow, there are lots of ways to do it summarised here:
If you have any problems, ask me and I'll try to help!
Yes, they do, if your server's admin has paid for a translation service to be installed.
There is no translation built into Mastodon, but there are features to integrate open source third party translation services like https://libretranslate.com. These third party services charge a certain amount for their API, to cover their costs.
Basically, ask your admin about it :)
@feditips Thanks. I just discovered that google translate can translate toots. I am using google chrome, I right click and select translate.
Yup, that's another approach!