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> According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the 10-kg drone suffered an uncontrolled crash “in a wooded area of Zurich’s university qu
by shpx 7y ago
> According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the 10-kg drone suffered an uncontrolled crash “in a wooded area of Zurich’s university quarter only 50 yards away from a group of playing kindergarten children.”
Something tells me that a German newspaper wouldn't be using yards. Sure enough, looking at the source, it's a mistake in Google's translation model
> Dass die mehr als 10 Kilogramm schwere Drohne vom Typ Matternet M2V9 in einem Waldstück des Zürcher Universitätsviertels nur rund 50 Meter entfernt von einer Gruppe spielender Kindergartenkinder zu Boden krachte, erwähnte der staatliche Logistikkonzern indes nicht.
Bing translate gets it right though.
- kgwgk 7y agoThat’s a fine translation, better than “only 54.68 yards away from a group of playing kindergarten children.”
- jaclaz 7y agoWell, to be fair the original German has "rund" in it that was lost in translation, so that would be "only approximately 50 meters", which would make the 50 yards acceptable. Probably I would have translated it as "less than 60 yards" ;-).
- jarvic 7y agoInterestingly, if you remove "rund" it changes from "only 50 yards" to "just 50 meters".
- jacquesm 7y agoYards and meters are interchangeable for news purposes, since the estimates are well within the percentage difference between a single yard and a single meter. When a news article says '100 meters from the accident' it does not imply someone used a tape measure.