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  • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

    Found on Bluesky. The perils of machine translation exemplified:

    grumpydad@infosec.exchangeG This user is from outside of this forum
    grumpydad@infosec.exchangeG This user is from outside of this forum
    grumpydad@infosec.exchange
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    #19

    @cstross I think I just had a stroke.

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    • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

      Found on Bluesky. The perils of machine translation exemplified:

      zieg@twiukraine.comZ This user is from outside of this forum
      zieg@twiukraine.comZ This user is from outside of this forum
      zieg@twiukraine.com
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      #20

      @cstross is that OK that I can actually read and understand the whole instruction and the third sentence in particular?

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      • tezoatlipoca@mas.toT tezoatlipoca@mas.to

        @cstross Between two uzmeruyamu? Isn't Uzmeruyamu that anime horse-girl racing game?

        adamrice@c.imA This user is from outside of this forum
        adamrice@c.imA This user is from outside of this forum
        adamrice@c.im
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        #21

        @tezoatlipoca @cstross Surely that would be Umamusume (馬娘).

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        • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

          Found on Bluesky. The perils of machine translation exemplified:

          D This user is from outside of this forum
          D This user is from outside of this forum
          drchaos@sauropods.win
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          #22

          @cstross I want all warning labels to start with "Come on, please!"

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          • blotosmetek@circumstances.runB blotosmetek@circumstances.run

            @cstross I'm pretty sure the original was in Russian. "muhym" is misinterpreted "минут", ie. "minutes" (in handwriting Cyrillic и looks exactly like Latin u and н looks like n) etc.

            shadowdancer@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
            shadowdancer@mstdn.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
            shadowdancer@mstdn.social
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            #23

            @blotosmetek
            Okay, but that would mean that what happened here wasn't just a straight Russian to English text translation.

            Instead it would seem that there's been an image with Russian text which then was read in with some dumb OCR software that had no understanding of cyrillic alphabet.

            Then the already broken Russian langauge was translated to English resulting in even more broken English.
            @cstross

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            • shadowdancer@mstdn.socialS shadowdancer@mstdn.social

              @blotosmetek
              Okay, but that would mean that what happened here wasn't just a straight Russian to English text translation.

              Instead it would seem that there's been an image with Russian text which then was read in with some dumb OCR software that had no understanding of cyrillic alphabet.

              Then the already broken Russian langauge was translated to English resulting in even more broken English.
              @cstross

              blotosmetek@circumstances.runB This user is from outside of this forum
              blotosmetek@circumstances.runB This user is from outside of this forum
              blotosmetek@circumstances.run
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              #24

              @shadowdancer @cstross exactly so! Probably with some effort, even with my very rusty Russian, I could recreate the original text…

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              • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                Found on Bluesky. The perils of machine translation exemplified:

                saxicola@toot.communityS This user is from outside of this forum
                saxicola@toot.communityS This user is from outside of this forum
                saxicola@toot.community
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                #25

                @cstross
                Item 5 does kinda make sense though.

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                • cadbury_moose@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
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                  cadbury_moose@wandering.shop
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                  #26

                  @Knitronomicon @cstross

                  This torpid moose reckons he will starch his moustache.

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                  • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                    Found on Bluesky. The perils of machine translation exemplified:

                    ghostonthehalfshell@masto.aiG This user is from outside of this forum
                    ghostonthehalfshell@masto.aiG This user is from outside of this forum
                    ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai
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                    #27

                    @cstross

                    I’d like to see a logic chain on the pizza box instruction

                    Open before eating

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                    • mdm@mcnamarii.townM mdm@mcnamarii.town

                      @cstross Uh oh, I did 6 muhym, I hope I'll be okay

                      chillicampari@layer8.spaceC This user is from outside of this forum
                      chillicampari@layer8.spaceC This user is from outside of this forum
                      chillicampari@layer8.space
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                      #28

                      @mdm please do not the 6 muyhm @cstross

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                      • D drchaos@sauropods.win

                        @cstross I want all warning labels to start with "Come on, please!"

                        noiseician@mastodon.worldN This user is from outside of this forum
                        noiseician@mastodon.worldN This user is from outside of this forum
                        noiseician@mastodon.world
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                        #29

                        @drchaos with a crude drawing of someone getting poked with a stick
                        @cstross

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                        • cadbury_moose@wandering.shopC cadbury_moose@wandering.shop

                          @Knitronomicon @cstross

                          This torpid moose reckons he will starch his moustache.

                          cadbury_moose@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
                          cadbury_moose@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
                          cadbury_moose@wandering.shop
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                          @Knitronomicon @cstross

                          Meanwhile, on BlueSky, Simon ‪(@thedenature.bsky.social‬) has noted:

                          A pachelbelsmech is armed with Pachelbel’s Canon.

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