Re:Google translate bug
by moeffju on Sunday February 20, 2011 @08:32AM
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This keeps cropping up in various forms. There was the case that Google translated city names with completely different city names a while ago.
There is no conspiracy. Google uses alignment to grow their translation database. And then there is the "suggest a better translation" feature. Between these and Google's love for alogrithms, it's no wonder things sometimes go awry.
Re:Google translate bug
by _delirium on Sunday February 20, 2011 @11:48AM
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Finding aligned proper names is a nice way of coming up with humorous cross-cultural analogies. Two I recently ran across reading Danish newspapers were: "Jyllands-Posten" translates to "CNN", and "brøndbyfans" translates to "red sox fans".
There is no conspiracy. Google uses alignment to grow their translation database. And then there is the "suggest a better translation" feature. Between these and Google's love for alogrithms, it's no wonder things sometimes go awry.