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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 con
by moeffju 16y ago
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.
- _delirium 16y agoFinding 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".