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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 C19is20 »

capableweb wrote: post #46
senkora wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, Arge…

As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by yosito »

donpott wrote: post #49
charlesmunger8 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Thank you. I was listening to a normal pronunciation on mobile and was very confused until I saw this video.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by froblesmartin »

C19is20 wrote: post #51
capableweb wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, Arge…

As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

It really depends on where you are, I think in Europe the English taught at school and considered the regular one is British English, but if you take movies/series/music, the broader one is US English.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by aasasd »

C19is20 wrote: post #51
capableweb wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, Arge…

As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

Considering that the English-language web is almost completely occupied by USians, it would be hilarious if they were required to finally declare that they speak ‘American’ and not ‘English’.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by AussieWog93 »

C19is20 wrote: post #51
capableweb wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, Arge…

As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

Not at all. It usually means that the person writing that assumes it's a common thing globally.

UK English being "proper" hasn't been a thing for decades now. Compare news reports in former British colonies from the 60s to now and you can literally hear the change in attitude toward's the "Queen's English".

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by chippy »

mavelikara wrote: post #24
larsiusprime wrote: post #10

Is it just me or does it seem to last a bit longer on every second play?

I think this is a Google Translate feature, and one of my favorite examples of "Do what I mean" UX. If you click again, for any word, it guesses that you didn't get the pronunciation the first time, so it speaks slowly. This is what humans would do too, in this situation.

what a marvelous bit of UX.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by 20after4 »

yout2 wrote: post #13

It does the same for "pico de gallo", with comic effect. (But not "gallo pinto".)

translating pico de gallo into various languages is fun. Most are untranslated other than a different accent. But a few are unique... Like french https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&sl=es&tl=fr&text=pico+de...

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by simiones »

froblesmartin wrote: post #53
C19is20 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

It really depends on where you are, I think in Europe the English taught at school and considered the regular one is British English, but if you take movies/series/music, the broader one is US English.

In Romania at least, the English taught in school is American English, not British English.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

#60

Post by simiones »

capableweb wrote: post #46
senkora wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, Arge…

Is there anywhere in the English-speaking world where a voice crack is called differently?

In general, the various flavors of English that you showed are extremely close to each other, especially when looking at the standard/official language from each country (which is implied when you say American English or Australian English). There is much more variation in more localized versions of the language, such as Cockney.

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