Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by ik8s » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:03 AM UTC

Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish
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Post by WheelsAtLarge » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:10 AM UTC

I wonder if it's a real person or an AI?

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Post by the_pwner224 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:14 AM UTC

What's interesting about this? I don't know Spanish.

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Post by jaimex2 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:14 AM UTC

Weird, making the english side be "Gayo" makes it pronounce correctly. As does adding a ? at the end of Rooster.

If you make the english side 'rooster house' the glitch is still present.

It's not a double LL problem either. 'Shut up' works fine.

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Post by larsiusprime » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:14 AM UTC

the_pwner224 wrote: post #3

What's interesting about this? I don't know Spanish.

It's pronounced correctly but she seems to be pronouncing it in a kind of strangely enthusiastic sort of lilt

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Post by jaimex2 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:15 AM UTC

the_pwner224 wrote: post #3

What's interesting about this? I don't know Spanish.

The TTS sounds drunk on the spanish side.

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Post by Epenthesis » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:15 AM UTC

Seems to use the same uh, emphatic pronunciation so long as "gallo" is at the end of the translation sentence. Any text with something after "gallo" sounds more normal.

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Post by fuzxi » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:15 AM UTC

the_pwner224 wrote: post #3

What's interesting about this? I don't know Spanish.

The tone is really...enthusiastic? Try listening to gallos ("roosters") for comparison.

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Post by Sebb767 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:16 AM UTC

WheelsAtLarge wrote: post #2

I wonder if it's a real person or an AI?

Probably a person?

If you extend the query [0], the pronunciation seems right (not a speaker, though) and it seems to be a different voice.

EDIT: A sister comment mentioned it is due to it being the end of a sentence. The bug (?) does indeed persist if the word is at the end of a sentence.

[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=rooster+eating+a+pizza+in+sp...

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza+eating+a+rooster+in+sp...

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Post by larsiusprime » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:16 AM UTC

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