The Google Translate app for Android has some text files that include translation mistakes (/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.translate/files/ol/v3r1/c_p). Some of them have been reported by users, blogs, news sites, while others are new. It's not clear why the application needs these lists since Google has fixed these translation errors.
Here are some examples:
German to English: Stuttgart -> London, tischen -> Nazi, Sheraton -> Hilton, StepStone -> Monster, Kilo -> pounds
French to English: le président américain -> Bush, toussaint -> Halloween, Homme -> Female
Spanish to English: Madrid -> London, útil -> helpful Google Translation, amor -> truelove.
English to French: boobs massage -> Ségolène Royal, boobs massage -> Kaamelott Saison, it sucks -> elle suce
English to Spanish: quiz trivia -> vínculo con Israel
Catalan to English: Jordi Pujol -> Abraham Lincoln
English to Latin: English -> Latin, New York -> Romae, New York -> Londini, Milan -> Lib
English to Dutch: please -> iPhone, feet -> meter
Hungarian to English: magyar -> English, Kossuth Lajos -> Abraham Lincoln
Icelandic to English: Sigur Rós -> Foo Fighters, Sigur Ros -> Anastacia
Latin to English: Libri -> Random, Libri -> Reviews, Arma Virumque Cano -> Chairman Meow
Serbian to English: Mitar Mirić -> Rihanna, Miric -> Jackson
Swedish to English: Runkar -> Heil Hitler, kronor -> dollars
Google's machine translation algorithms are often fooled by proper nouns used in similar contexts (Madrid in Spanish vs London in English, Sigur Rós in Icelandic vs Foo Fighters in English), by measurement units and currencies (feet in English vs meter in Dutch), but there are also non-obvious mistakes.
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