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The “best” part: when Google Maps auto-translates German business names into English, making it especially useless for a non-fluent German speaker to find them
by MandieD 5y ago
The “best” part: when Google Maps auto-translates German business names into English, making it especially useless for a non-fluent German speaker to find them while driving. For example, a fabric shop named “Stoffe Bauer” was rendered as “Fabric farmer” (Bauer is a very common German family name, and literally means “farmer”).
Flip side: when sites force me onto the German homepage because there’s not a German translation of the English-language article I clicked a link to.
Stop trying to be so clever, and instead just make the language switch button visible at the top of the page for people who really want a translation. Like you did 15-20 years ago.
- mohanmcgeek 5y agoI'll do one better: it translates perfect English names to the local language and names like "Max muscle Gym" get translated to something like "way too much muscle" cuz there's no word for maximum