A translation test

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the behavior of Chrome's translation feature, particularly how it auto-translates specific phrases and characters from different languages, including Russian and German. Participants explore the nuances of this translation process and share their observations regarding its inconsistencies.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant notes that typing a phrase starting with a capital "W" results in an auto-translation to "IN".
  • Another participant shares that typing "Yes" auto-translates to "ANDes".
  • A participant mentions that the same translation behavior does not occur with German text.
  • It is observed that the translation feature correctly translates "INho" to "Wer" when the page is translated into German.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about whether other words might trigger similar translations in German.
  • One participant suggests that the issue may not be related to Cyrillic characters, as they can exclude that possibility.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the behavior of the translation feature, with multiple competing views on its functionality across different languages remaining unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Participants note limitations in their observations, such as the dependence on specific words and the potential for typos affecting the translation results.

DaveC426913
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Interesting. An artifact in Chrome's translate feature.

Here is some Russian text, posted by your Russian colleague:

сейчас настало время всем хорошим людям прийти на помощь партии
  1. Use Chrome's translate feature, available from the upper right "dot dot dot" menu and select English, so you can read their post.
  2. Quote their post as if you are responding to them.
  3. Start typing a response with any word that starts with capital W, such as Who, What, or Where.

    I see it auto-translate my text - in realtime - from a capital W to IN.

  4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as a new post. Start typing "Yes".

    I see it auto-translate Yes into ANDes.
I discovered this on a different forum and am trying it here to ascertain that it is a browser issue, not a forum issue.
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of the party
INhere
 
DaveC426913 said:
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of the party
ANDes
 
DaveC426913 said:
now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of the party
INho said this?

Strange, but it only happens once.
 
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Funktioniert nicht mit deutsch. Doesn't work with German.
 
fresh_42 said:
INho said this?

Strange, but it only happens once.
Fun fact: as I translated the page into German, it translated INho automatically and correctly to 'Wer' = who.

Funny game.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Doesn't work with German.
Maybe not those exact words 'Who' and 'Yes', maybe some others. Dunno.
 
Mal sehen, ob das auch mit deutsch anstelle von russisch klappt.

(Let's see if this works with German instead off Russian. Typo intended.)
 
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This is even weirder.

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turns to

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INhere has my sentence with the typo gone? Or the parentheses?
 
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At least we can exclude that it is an issue with Cyrillic.
 

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