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Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by BlackLotus89 »

timonoko wrote: post #40
BlackLotus89 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't reproduce. A link to your google translate page would be nice. I get "As a general murmur and some clown trial would end in time petty embarrassed" https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=Yle-m%C3%B6... And here the archive.is snapshot https://archive.is/hXIEW which shows yet something different...

First word was a (leftist) trigger-word. Somebody made a great effort to teach Google to not translate any sentences containing it. This issue has now been corrected, when it became public.

Ahh ok thx for the info

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by nosianu »

system2 wrote: post #37
sxp wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you mean [Recursion]: https://www.google.com/search?q=Recursion

I don't hear anything special for both words?

He wrote "google" instead of "translate" so I think he was referring to the fact that Google keeps asking

> Did you mean: Recursion

when you search for "Recursion" so you can click on that search suggestion and follow it forever.

Just my interpretation of the comment and what I found though.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Recursion

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by pedrogpimenta »

killjoywashere wrote: post #28
SlowBall wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Spanish translation is amazing

There are two Spanish pronunciations. What am I missing here?

"polla un garabato doo" is the literal translation. "garabato" means "doodle", "doo" doesn't have a translation, "polla" means "cock", but surprisingly, the totally slang way of "cock" as in dick or penis.

The correct translation is "¡qui-qui-ri-quí!" which is the sound a rooster makes.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by aix1 »

nosianu wrote: post #42
system2 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't hear anything special for both words?

He wrote "google" instead of "translate" so I think he was referring to the fact that Google keeps asking > Did you mean: Recursion when you search for "Recursion" so you can click on that search suggestion and follow it forever. Just my interpretation of the comment and what I found though. https://www.google.com/search?q=Recursion

Google "askew" :)

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by capableweb »

senkora wrote: post #18
SlowBall wrote: post #16

Could be some kind of joke/Easter egg. In spanish "Gallo" is also used to refer to that high pitch that sometimes comes randomly when speaking, more commonly in male teenagers. Which is similar to what's happening here.

In English that’s called a voice crack.

Also called "Passaggio" if it's on purpose :)

As a side-note, "In English" is too broad as the English spoken in the US, Australia and the UK is all different. I always felt it would be better if people specified their location rather than the mother-language when talking about what something is called in English. Same for Spanish as well, as different words mean different things depending on if you're in Spain, Argentina or any other Spanish-speaking country.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by kwhitefoot »

aix1 wrote: post #45
nosianu wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He wrote "google" instead of "translate" so I think he was referring to the fact that Google keeps asking > Did you mean: Recursion when you search for "Recursion" so you can click on that search suggestion and follow it forever. Just my interpretation of the comment and what I found though. https://www.google.com/search?q=Recursion

Google "askew" :)

Thank you for mentioning that, made me smile!

Edit: Is there a list of such things?

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by donpott »

charlesmunger8 wrote: post #43
whoisjuan wrote: post #33

That’s hilarious! Totally intentional.

Doesn't happen unless on desktop website. App and mobile won't play it

There's some videos where it seems to reproduce in the mobile version of Google Maps. See:

https://www.portaldecadiz.com/provinciacadiz/63098-video-est...

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by stavros »

SlowBall wrote: post #16

Could be some kind of joke/Easter egg. In spanish "Gallo" is also used to refer to that high pitch that sometimes comes randomly when speaking, more commonly in male teenagers. Which is similar to what's happening here.

Same in Greek (though we use the Greek word for "rooster", obviously). I've found that Greek and Spanish oddly share many, many idioms.
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