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The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 18:34:43


Empire of Kilos
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Google Translate gets a bad rep for being inaccurate. However is this accurate? To find out We're gonna play a game. I'll use Google Translate to type out a message in another language and those who speak it fluently shall say what it says. I'll start with Russian


Мне нравится компания Бьюзи в .
The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 18:56:51


Жұқтыру
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Famous computer mistranslations:

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Водка хорошая, но мясо протухло. (Russian)
The vodka's good, but the meat's rotten.

Out of sight, out of mind.
[Chinese]
Invisible idiot.

Also, the first Italian-Ethiopian war was started over a (human) mistranslation of a treaty, I think they mixed up the words "can/may" and "must/have to" in Italian/Amharic.

(Your sentence: I like the company Byuzi v.)

Edited 9/30/2015 18:58:02
The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 19:16:53


Empire of Kilos
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The message I translated was.

I enjoy Gary Busey's company.


Next up is Mongolian


Гари Busey Мел Гибсон илүү сайн байдаг
The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 20:31:20


Tassidall
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Sadly I found that google translate doesn't do Klingon. I knew Bing did and thought that since google is so big surely some nerds at the office there had done it...
The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 20:59:29


Жұқтыру
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(noone knows Mongol)
The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 21:00:59


Genghis 
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That roughly translates to I do not enjoy Gary Busey's company
The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 21:21:34

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The Google Translate game.: 2015-09-30 21:46:34


buddyboyb1
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Jei gausite šią teisę galima padaryti dar vieną.
The Google Translate game.: 2015-10-01 03:03:08


MightySpeck (a Koala) 
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lets just have fun with Жұқтыру and post a bunch of stuff in russian!

Я, к сожалению, только на английском :( говорить

(the smily face might of screwed it up)

Answer: I sadly only speak english :(

Edited 10/1/2015 03:32:11
The Google Translate game.: 2015-10-01 03:22:18


Жұқтыру
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[Я, к сожалению, только на английском :( говорить]
[I, sad to say, only :( to speak English]
Yeah, the sad face did mess it up a bit.

Edited 10/1/2015 03:22:49
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