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Well, the Greek version says she-teacher and it translates to French he-teacher. Def a big mistake. Note this is not the same as messing up if eg some random bu

Well, the Greek version says she-teacher and it translates to French he-teacher. Def a big mistake. Note this is not the same as messing up if eg some random butterfly you see is he or she in French. The context is there, but google translate seems to convert everything to English, loosing some meaning in the process. It don’t want to say google translate is a complete garbage. On the contrary, I use it often e.g to plan my holiday trips or shop online in other EU countries. Nevertheless, I rarely translate anything to my native language, but rather to English. It the auto translation made a great progress and it is very useful, but it has a long way to go still.

1024core 9y ago
> Well, the Greek version says she-teacher and it translates to French he-teacher. Def a big mistake. I have Mandarin speaking friends (graduates of US universities), for whom English is a second language. They often use "she" instead of "he" (or vice versa) when referring to others. If humans, who have been using English for 7-8 years, can't get this right, then I wouldn't call it a "big mistake". It is a mistake, for sure; but it's not the end of the world.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y ago
  Your friends however will be able to keep track of the references to the same person in a conversation, even if they get the gender wrong. In GT's case it's evidence that it can't do that, and therefore will mangle longer passages that require this level of understanding.
  - 1024core 9y ago
    Actually, no. Just a couple of days ago, when talking about a female colleague, they kept switching from "he" to "she" and back and forth. It's almost as if Mandarin has no "he" or "she" equivalents.
    - YeGoblynQueenne 9y ago
      But they were still talking about the same person, yes? That's what I mean about the references being constant. For humans, anaphora resolution is child's play. For computers, it's very tricky.

1024core 9y ago

> Well, the Greek version says she-teacher and it translates to French he-teacher. Def a big mistake. I have Mandarin speaking friends (graduates of US universities), for whom English is a second language. They often use "she" instead of "he" (or vice versa) when referring to others. If humans, who have been using English for 7-8 years, can't get this right, then I wouldn't call it a "big mistake". It is a mistake, for sure; but it's not the end of the world.

YeGoblynQueenne 9y ago
Your friends however will be able to keep track of the references to the same person in a conversation, even if they get the gender wrong. In GT's case it's evidence that it can't do that, and therefore will mangle longer passages that require this level of understanding.
- 1024core 9y ago
  Actually, no. Just a couple of days ago, when talking about a female colleague, they kept switching from "he" to "she" and back and forth. It's almost as if Mandarin has no "he" or "she" equivalents.
  - YeGoblynQueenne 9y ago
    But they were still talking about the same person, yes? That's what I mean about the references being constant. For humans, anaphora resolution is child's play. For computers, it's very tricky.