The funny thing about translations (or automated understanding of text-snippets) is that it gets easier when you know the subject domain since it removes a lot

The funny thing about translations (or automated understanding of text-snippets) is that it gets easier when you know the subject domain since it removes a lot of ambiguity in the individual expressions. So it might be feasible for a translator to make a good guess about the topic, but I don't know wether google translate attempts that.