Google: `I love Armenians’ Translated as `I love Turkey’
by Armenian Weekly
February 18, 2012
A screenshot of Google’s translation of ‘I love Armenians’
BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.) – Google’s online translation service
(translate.google.com) is translating `yes sirum em hayerin’ (I love
Armenians) to `I love Turkey.’
The mistranslation was pointed out to us by Lebanese Armenian activist
Serouj Baghdassarian. The Armenian Weekly has verified it.
One IT expert we contacted said, `The mistranslation not only
constitutes a breach of professionalism, but suggests the possibility
of malice. I wonder how many other phrases are translated in a similar
manner.’ He added, `Google must immediately rectify this problem and
provide an explanation.’
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