Google translates German “halb zwei” to French “deux heures et demie”: 1h off

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 3:36 PM UTC

p49k wrote: post #14

wyldfire wrote: post #9

To help my fellow English-speakers: "halb zwei" ("half two") is the German idiom for "halfway [between one and] two o'clock" "deux heures et demie" ("two hours and one half") is a much better cognate for the English "half past two o'clock" We're all used to off-by-one and fencepost errors. To be honest, this is probably a less interesting one of Google translate's mistranslations. But it's one that's very mechanical…

To make things even more confusing, “half two” means 2:30 in the UK and Ireland.

Post by ramblerman » Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 3:37 PM UTC

Post by yAnonymous » Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 3:40 PM UTC

p49k wrote: post #14

wyldfire wrote: post #9

To help my fellow English-speakers: "halb zwei" ("half two") is the German idiom for "halfway [between one and] two o'clock" "deux heures et demie" ("two hours and one half") is a much better cognate for the English "half past two o'clock" We're all used to off-by-one and fencepost errors. To be honest, this is probably a less interesting one of Google translate's mistranslations. But it's one that's very mechanical…

To make things even more confusing, “half two” means 2:30 in the UK and Ireland.

Post by dmtroyer » Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 3:44 PM UTC

Post by barry0079 » Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 3:45 PM UTC

yAnonymous wrote: post #25

p49k wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make things even more confusing, “half two” means 2:30 in the UK and Ireland.

Unlike the German and French versions, that doesn't make any sense at all.