I was on a list where there was a guy who refused to post in English. He understood the language well enough, but perhaps felt shy about using it actively. Anyway, he also like to turn out rather long posts. Some of the others (many not native speakers of English) couldn’t understand his Spanish, so I decided to translate it for them. I used Google Translate as a shortcut, since I’m a lousy typist, thinking I could just tweak any mistranslations. I’m sure it took me longer to correct GT’s attempt than it would’ve just to do it myself.
FreyjaRN Premium Member about 3 years ago
It’s why I have another free translator. It uses Google, Microsoft, Yandex, and some no-name.
sperry532 about 3 years ago
For fun, type in a phrase or sentence. Translate it into another language. Translate it back. Do this three or four times. It’s hilarious.
StephenRice about 3 years ago
I was on a list where there was a guy who refused to post in English. He understood the language well enough, but perhaps felt shy about using it actively. Anyway, he also like to turn out rather long posts. Some of the others (many not native speakers of English) couldn’t understand his Spanish, so I decided to translate it for them. I used Google Translate as a shortcut, since I’m a lousy typist, thinking I could just tweak any mistranslations. I’m sure it took me longer to correct GT’s attempt than it would’ve just to do it myself.
ekke about 3 years ago
But it’s so fun to use Google Translate to initiate international disputes and sow confusion among our allies!
gopher gofer about 3 years ago
it’s good for a laugh to see what google concocts when translating japanese into english…