@AlmostSand
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ก'๐ง ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ! ๐ฑ ๐ฅฒ I was chatting with some members of #langtwt community on Twitter and this happened to me: I usually use Google Translator to check my english spelling. Well, I wrote a tweet to a girl and, before sending it, I put it on the translator. But, I accidentally pressed the ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ button. Ok, no problem, I pressed it back again and then copied and pasted on Twitter and sent it without reading it back again. Big mistake, Sand. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Why? Well, it turns out that, when I use that button, ๐๐ณ. ๐.๐ takes it upon himself to change my text for a ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. And what's the matter with that? Most of the times the translator doesn't recognize neither slangs or a too informal vocabulary. It returns more like a ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. And sometimes that can lead to misunderstandings. This applies for any language. Luckily for me that this time the suggested translation, in terms of meaning, doesn't differ much from my original text. A bit formal in my opinion, but the message was delivered. I believe it didn't change much because this was a short text. But, try putting a long text and compare the results with your own knowledge. Some of you must remember that episode when the admin @noise.cash was trying to explain the new rules, and made one post for each of the main communities here. They pasted the original english post on a translator and translated into spanish, tagalo, urdu, bengali... The thing is that, as it was a LONG text, the translator returned some wrong and literal sentences; And if we add the Admin's ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ sarcastic tone.... Well... It was chaos. ๐ The admin was branded as a "xenophobic" by some users when the problem was, in part, originated by a bad translation from ๐๐ณ. ๐.๐. ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐: 1) If you use a translator for important things, always double-check. 2) Always be open minded and patient when you speak to someone whose native language and culture is different from the one you both are using to communicate. I would write some more detailed tips, but this post would be way too long... And you know what would happen then. ๐ #english #LingoNoise #LanguageLearning #wemakenoise
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Yes, working with a compiler is not easy. I always check it out too, because sometimes it translates a completely different text and the result is really surprising! :)
Google translator really helps. I just use it to atleast understand some languages which are new to me.
The strange thing is that this translator translates some very clear words completely in reverse. Instead of liking, it writes, I disliked. In addition, it sometimes uses some insults (a rude translator), and it also uses some shameful words sometimes.