Really lost in translation
Language Log 2014-02-23
Summary:
Ray Girvan ("Ibong Adarna: Google Mistranslate", 3/17/2014) documents one of the more bizarre machine-translation oddities in recent years: Ibong Adarna is the title of a massively popular epic fantasy in the mythology and culture of the Philippines; it originally went under the snappy title of Corrido ng Pinagdaanang Buhay nang Tatlong Principeng, Magcacapatid na Anac nang […]