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A Translation Agency's Clever Way to Show How Wrong Google Translate Can Be
Thread poster: Jeff Whittaker
Jeff Whittaker
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Apr 19, 2016

Now why didn't the ATA think of doing something like this?

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/translation-sites-clever-recipe-taste-test-shows-how-wrong-google-translate-can-be-168170

[Edited at 2016-04-19 12:04 GMT]
 
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Great video Apr 19, 2016

I loved it. Especially where the blindfolded lady puts the sushi with the plastic toy horse on it in her mouth and takes it out with an expression of "Oooh, what's this in my mouth?"
 
Serena Basili
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....The comments below :O Apr 19, 2016

Apparently many didn't get the point...have you read the comments at the end of the page? I would be so willing to share with those saying "I'll stick with GT" the story of my neighbour who used GT to translate a SIMPLE sentence for her tattoo and had to modify it after I told her it was wrong and made no sense (Edit: YES, I really struggled before eventually deciding to tell her the truth in case you're wondering)

Anyway this ad is BRILLIANT!

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Apparently many didn't get the point...have you read the comments at the end of the page? I would be so willing to share with those saying "I'll stick with GT" the story of my neighbour who used GT to translate a SIMPLE sentence for her tattoo and had to modify it after I told her it was wrong and made no sense (Edit: YES, I really struggled before eventually deciding to tell her the truth in case you're wondering)

Anyway this ad is BRILLIANT!

[Edited at 2016-04-19 13:57 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Radian Yazynin
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Bravo! Apr 19, 2016

Well done!
 
philgoddard
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. Apr 19, 2016

Serena Basili wrote:

my neighbour who used GT to translate a SIMPLE sentence for her tattoo and had to modify it after I told her it was wrong and made no sense


What was the sentence, Serena?

I often wonder whether people tattooed with Chinese characters have got it right.

[Edited at 2016-04-19 15:28 GMT]
 
philgoddard
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You could always... Apr 19, 2016

get an ad for translation software tattooed on your back:
http://www.oddee.com/item_99102.aspx
 
Jeff Whittaker
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Chinese characters tattoos Apr 19, 2016

http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/

Indeed many people are fooled because they think that there is a Chinese alphabet and that there are characters that correspond to letters which they use to tattoo their names: http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/2006/08/gibberish-asian-font-mystery-solved.html

philgoddard wrote:

I often wonder whether people tattooed with Chinese characters have got it right.


[Edited at 2016-04-19 15:43 GMT]
 
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
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Very clever Apr 19, 2016

As others have said it may be a little too subtle for some people but a great new way to get people to sit up and take notice of the perils of MT.
 
Serena Basili
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@Phil Apr 20, 2016

The tattoo was for her mother, who recently passed away. It was a sentence in Italian "Vivrai per sempre nel mio cuore" (= "You will live forever in my heart") that she wanted in English, but GT translated it as "I will always live in my heart"
 


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