Google Translate Screwup: XFX translates to Sapphire

jmke · 14th October 2009, 09:04

Normally Google doesn't translate product names or brand names, but in this case it turns out that when you have XFX in the source , when translated it magically becomes Sapphire. Too many "suggest a better translations" made?

http://www.tweakpc.de/news/16990/goo...-wird-geforce/

15th October 2009, 00:04

If you translate Radeon from English to Dutch with XFX in the sentence, it magically becomes "GeForce"

"ATI Radeon" -> "ATI Radeon"

but if you preface with XFX:

"XFX Radeon" -> "XFX GeForce"

14th October 2009, 09:04	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Google Translate Screwup: XFX translates to Sapphire Normally Google doesn't translate product names or brand names, but in this case it turns out that when you have XFX in the source , when translated it magically becomes Sapphire. Too many "suggest a better translations" made? http://www.tweakpc.de/news/16990/goo...-wird-geforce/ __________________

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15th October 2009, 00:04	#2
Kougar Posts: n/a	If you translate Radeon from English to Dutch with XFX in the sentence, it magically becomes "GeForce" "ATI Radeon" -> "ATI Radeon" but if you preface with XFX: "XFX Radeon" -> "XFX GeForce"