Re:The Shallowness of Google Translate
by tmoravec on Saturday February 03, 2018 @02:38PM
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Nice examples. But the problem with "swallow" and similar lies somewhere else. It's that translating a single word into a single word is a ridiculously stupid idea. As a person whose mother tongue is not English, I occasionally stumble on a word that I need to translate. GT is utterly useless for me. A random free online dictionary gives me 20 different translations for "swallow".
I am honestly surprised that a company with such talent creates a tool that is this useless; it's literally about doing something like this:
1) Check if the word or phrase is in a dictionary. If it is, return all results from the dictionary.
2) If it's not, try something smarter.
But no, this is not Artificial Intelligence enough! /s
I am honestly surprised that a company with such talent creates a tool that is this useless; it's literally about doing something like this:
1) Check if the word or phrase is in a dictionary. If it is, return all results from the dictionary. 2) If it's not, try something smarter.
But no, this is not Artificial Intelligence enough! /s