A translation test

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DaveC426913
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Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of the party
INho
 
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.
 
DaveC426913 said:
Jetzt ist die Zeit für alle guten Menschen, der Partei zu Hilfe zu kommen
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.
 
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.)
 
This is even weirder.

Forum post by user fresh_42 with German text 'Mal sehen, ob das auch mit deutsch anstelle von russisch klappt.' and its English translation, followed by a quoted anecdote about Hilbert and the 1934 Prussian Minister of Education Bernhard Rust.


turns to

Forum post header for user fresh_42 with badges Staff Emeritus, Science Advisor, Insights Author and 2024 Award, followed by a quoted passage about Hilbert and Bernhard Rust in 1934.


INhere has my sentence with the typo gone? Or the parentheses?