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Language Log 2014-07-22

Summary:

Jonathan Dushoff sent in this photograph of a sign in the Lukang (Lùgǎng 鹿港) public library in Taiwan (apologies for the reflection off the surface): Jonathan says, "It's obvious how a computer would make that translation; not clear why a human (at the library!) didn't spot it." The translation software (or somebody) made this mistranslation […]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13567

Updated:

07/22/2014, 07:45

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Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

phonetics and phonology

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

07/22/2014, 12:30

Date published:

07/22/2014, 07:16