Why You Can't Trust Google Translate
Programs like Google Translate can help somewhat in understanding content written in another language. But they are very limited and produce lots and lots of gibberish.
I vividly remember once chatting with a semi-literate guy who wanted to have a conversation in Japanese with me, so he wrote his message in chatspeak-riddled English, used Google Translate to translate it into Chinese (because he didn’t know the difference between Chinese and Japanese), and then got miffed when I couldn’t make any sense of it. He soon realised his mistake and translated his message into Japanese…but the result was no better. I think there was one sentence that made sense. The rest was gibberish.
In short: Google Translate is a very, very, very poor substitute for a translation by a trusted human.
And thus, I bring you, a scene from Tsunagaru Shintenchi/Story of Seasons translated from Japanese through Google Translate. The scene I chose was Reager’s grey event. You can see my translation of it here.
(All dialogue is Reager’s, except for the “Lemon want” part, which is Minori’s.)
“Oh, I came to say Minori..”
“I was making a cake of new work. Do not you began to taste it when it is good?”
“Please,. C'mon”
“How about …?”
>>Lemon Want …
“Huh? … N? Crap! Had forgot to Serve bad, the lemon sauce!”
“I fetch immediately. And waiting for us a little.”
“. Was good yeah? It was very delicious”
“I’m quite delicious even in a state of deep Like I I’m out to taste more sour taste of lemon is applied.”
“Nantes notice it, it is pretty good but I wonder. Or not it there Minori, the talent of cooking?”
“I’m glad I can talk to the guy who understands taste. That can be. Thank you it was good to give me a taste to Minori!”
“I came to eat again Once this is lined up as a product to the store. It. Ze waiting”
….Perfect English, right? xD I especially love the “I’m quite delicious” line.
Edit: Oh, and that random period that begins the line three lines down from the “Lemon Want” bit? I have NO IDEA where that came from. It’s not in the original text. But each time I ran that bit through Google Translate, the period appeared at the beginning of the line. Weird.
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