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Re:Google translated Russia to 'Mordor' in 'automated' error by _benedict on Thursday January 07, 2016 @11:10AM (#10858703)
I would throw a wild guess that it tries to replace phrases with ones of equivalent meaning, so that the gist of a sentence is translated.

Things like "raining cats and dogs" doesn't probably translate well literally, for instance. It probably failed to categorise these universities as things that should not be translated in this manner.

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Re:Google translated Russia to 'Mordor' in 'automated' error by Symbiote on Thursday January 07, 2016 @12:38PM (#10859362)
I've seen this with measurements and currency.

Danish "... 15 meters ... 100kr" becomes "... 15 feet ... $100" which isn't helpful. (45 feet would not be helpful either.)

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