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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
              wrote last edited by
              #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
                cadbury_moose@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
                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
                  wrote last edited by
                  #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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                        #30

                        @Knitronomicon @cstross

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

                        A pachelbelsmech is armed with Pachelbel’s Canon.

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