oOShockWaveOo Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 While surfing around the internet I've come across an unusual article, let's see your theories about this ... Source : http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/a-secret-code-in-google-translate/378864/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernicus Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Easy explanation, Google Translate has turned into a Wikipedia of sorts, users can rate translations of individual words, and them being used more than once, in phrases, etc. And that affects what is displayed in the conversion. For example, if someone sends me something translated to Japanese, a year ago it would've been formal... almost textbook/robotic like. Now it's the actual human phrase.So long story short, Google got trolled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted August 24, 2014 Leader Share Posted August 24, 2014 Easy explanation, Google Translate has turned into a Wikipedia of sorts, users can rate translations of individual words, and them being used more than once, in phrases, etc. And that affects what is displayed in the conversion. For example, if someone sends me something translated to Japanese, a year ago it would've been formal... almost textbook/robotic like. Now it's the actual human phrase. So long story short, Google got trolled. "Now it's actual human phrases" sounds much better! "Google got trolled" via the "suggest translation" function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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