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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Mabuk dan gila
Google translate is about the awesomest thing ever but I wouldn't trust it for any serious safety related translation since it does still produce nonsensical random results from time to time.
I'm a big fan of Google Translate. The verbal conversation mode on my Android phone is super cool -- almost the forerunner of a future "universal translator" that was predicted by Star Trek.

But I chat with a buddy from Brazil who regularly uses it to chat with me online. After awhile, I have had to ask him to stop doing this, because I can't understand what he is saying half the time. My Portuguese isn't very good, but I have a much better chance of understanding his Portuguese than the awkwardly translated English that his translator produces.
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