AI Interpreter Over-Learns Shakespeare, Translates Greeting to PM as 'My Lord, This Throne I Offer,' Actor Temporarily Certified as King

An AI interpreter used by a visiting Hollywood star was found to have deep-learned too much Shakespeare. A simple 'hello' was majestically translated as 'O my eternal king, I offer thee this throne,' causing the honor guard to kneel.

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20250831-ai-interpreter-chaos/

#Shakespeare #mistranslation #succession-rights

Mildly amusing #mistranslation. It's misreading 사제총 because 사제 can apparently mean priest (司祭, manager + worship) but also "hand made" (私製, personal + make) as in this case of a homemade gun.

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Bad translations can be poetry.

I bought this sensational attempt at writing ‘Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ on a T-shirt in Asia in 2003.

#translation #translations #StanleyKubrick #AClockworkOrange #clockworkorange #mistranslation #mistranslations #globish

For anyone who can speak #Chinese #ChineseLanguage #Mandarin ... having an issue with a poor translation.
ANY idea what "Left Peptide" and "Right Peptide" means in the context of a car headunit / radio?

As far as I can tell, it has something to do with what side the steering wheel is on I think, or which side the driver sits at, or something about the driver's door.
I can't tell what it actually changes though.
#Mistranslation

EDIT: Mystery solved: https://kolektiva.social/@astridn/112569381592830880

月星 :trantifa: ♥难呱版♥ (@[email protected])

@[email protected] “左軚”/“右軚”→“左肽”/“右肽”(Misspelled. I guess the reason is that it's kind of dialect and there is no simplified Chinese character for it. Their pronunciations and the right parts are the same) 左軚/右軚 means left/right-hand drive 肽 means peptide

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How Adam's "Rib" is Mistranslated

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Let's play AI or mistranslation?🤓

"Suitable for multiple scenarios at home.

In this era of violent advance ,even waste has to leave an open for yourself.

The corner of body and mind.

Relax and leave yourself a little willfulness"

BONUS question. Post in a comment what is the item it's describing? - This is from a REAL item I'm buying.

#poll #ai #mistranslation #temu #funny

Ai
33.3%
Mistranslation
66.7%
Poll ended at .

When French speakers with an imperfect grasp of English try to speak English:

French speakers: "We went to a manifestation in favor of abortion."

English speakers: "A manifestation??? Were there ghosts at the event?"

(I'll put the flip side in a reply to this post.)

#French #English #manifestation #ghosts #mistranslation