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Google Translate bug mixes up Heath Ledger, Tom Cruise
news.com — a rather odd bug in the Google Translate software was found: its English-to-Spanish translator converts the name of the actor Heath Ledger, who died tragically on Tuesday, to the name of another actor--Tom Cruise. So if you enter in "I will miss Heath Ledger," Google Translate will come back with "Voy a perder Tom Cruise."
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- lekahe, on 01/25/2008, -18/+6Funny!
- mcgarry83, on 01/25/2008, -3/+1168.178.153.227 (We found the direct IP to www.scientology.org, not protected by Prolexic
- fkr3, on 01/25/2008, -2/+2Yes... I sent a google translate link to a spanish speaking friend the day it happened and a few minutes later she was telling me Tom Cruise died as well heh.
- estacado, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3Anonymous at work.
- Carthagefield, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3Ha, this is no conspiracy. Google has a feature on google translated pages (check in "lanquage Tools") whereby the user can submit a "better translation". I'm guessing if a word or phrase is altered enough times, the new translation will replace the old one. Hit the link below, and hold the cursor above a line of text to bring up the untranslated original line. At the bottom of the box you should see what i'm talkin' about. Some kid/scientologist is just up to shenanigans methinks.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F ... - Carthagefield, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1sorry dud link, try this one.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F ...
- adrian67, on 01/25/2008, -19/+2How cool is that lol
- moskaudancer, on 01/25/2008, -0/+4Most lols are pretty nice, but yours left me wanting more.
- bigmac375, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1about as much more cooler as cruise is than ledger.
thats right, not at all cool
- rtknox00, on 01/25/2008, -28/+212if only tom cruise was dead instead.
- quomen, on 01/25/2008, -13/+43I know we're crazy but do we really have to wish death?
- SillyDigger, on 01/25/2008, -5/+19The answer is yes.
- SniperZero, on 01/25/2008, -2/+11No you could go kill him for us?
- Moskie, on 01/25/2008, -6/+3uh... *we're* the crazy ones, now?
- ErrorS, on 01/25/2008, -1/+10You guys act like wishing death upon someone is the worst possible thing you could do.. We're not actually trying to kill the people, we're just hoping they'll die on their own and stop bothering us, what's so wrong with that?
Not that I wish death upon Tom Cruise, he's too damn entertaining.
- Rikushix, on 01/25/2008, -19/+49That's a cruel thing to say, even it's Tom Cruise. I can count on one hand people that I genuinely wish death upon. Shame on all of you that are digging him up.
Digg me down, but I'm being a lot more sensitive than you people who are so cavalier with your comments.- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -1/+10"Digg me down, but I'm being a lot more sensitive than you people..."
I think that depends on who those people are you want dead. - BlakeEM, on 01/25/2008, -0/+11I don't wish death on anyone and I though the joke was hilarious. So who would you kill? Would you do it your self?
- Entheoddity, on 01/25/2008, -3/+3congrats, want a cookie?
- therightclique, on 01/25/2008, -2/+1The cookie stand is a sub autonomous unit for mid-mall snacking.
- capiCrimm, on 01/25/2008, -8/+2i can haz morelz pleaze?
- elementfire, on 01/25/2008, -0/+54chan is that way. --->
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -1/+10"Digg me down, but I'm being a lot more sensitive than you people..."
- AshamedAmerican, on 01/25/2008, -3/+17Then at least the talented one would still be alive.
- IglooBurner, on 01/25/2008, -1/+0who the hell sits around all day and find these things?
- Trav3133, on 01/25/2008, -5/+1Wow you are a moron. Heath is dead cause he is a complete idiot and killed himself. Tom well maybe being a Scientologist at least he did not kill himself and do not compare Heath to Tom, Tom is a much better actor than Heath.
- v1c1ous, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3staring hard into space and raising your voice when you talk does not equal good acting
- DupontNumber24, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3I don't know. He has been acting like he is straight for a long time now and has most people fooled. That should count for something.
- quomen, on 01/25/2008, -13/+43I know we're crazy but do we really have to wish death?
- Crazysticks, on 01/25/2008, -3/+123Anon works in mysterious ways.
- somespecial, on 01/25/2008, -1/+36Strange, also if you put Tom Cruise in it, it translates to GERRY, which here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_(film) it means screw up
- plinstrot, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5that is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life.
- endway, on 01/25/2008, -6/+6I tried "digg this story" and gave me "Digg esta historia" I hope that is correct.
- bobertf, on 01/25/2008, -3/+2Google's close. A lot of loan words from English to Spanish become verbs by adding -ar or -ear to the stem, particularly technology words (i.e., emailar). I googled "diggear" and, sure enough, there appear to be uses of it on Spanish-language sites. It would be conjugated like a regular -ar verb, so the imperative would be "diggea" (informal), "diggee" (formal) or "diggear" (impersonal, like on a sign). I didn't include plural forms since the option is essentially presented to a single user at a time.
- cesclaveria, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2sorry but where have you heard/read "emailar", that is definitely a new one for me.
- bobertf, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1D'oh! I must have made that up in my head or something. I'd digg myself down if I could. (Could've sworn I saw it once though...)
- ElGigi, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1'emailar' is not used... i've heard/read 'mailear' but is not very used.
- bobertf, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1I think that must've the one of which I was thinking. Oops.
- cesclaveria, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2sorry but where have you heard/read "emailar", that is definitely a new one for me.
- kayala, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3Digg (diggea?) este cuento.
- ElGigi, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2'Diggea este articulo' is correct in spanish for 'Digg this story'
although "cuento" and "historia" are correct translation also (may be considered as synonyms), in the context the better translation is "artículo". 'Cuento' is more used for 'fairy tale' and 'historia' for 'history'.
- ElGigi, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2'Diggea este articulo' is correct in spanish for 'Digg this story'
- bobertf, on 01/25/2008, -3/+2Google's close. A lot of loan words from English to Spanish become verbs by adding -ar or -ear to the stem, particularly technology words (i.e., emailar). I googled "diggear" and, sure enough, there appear to be uses of it on Spanish-language sites. It would be conjugated like a regular -ar verb, so the imperative would be "diggea" (informal), "diggee" (formal) or "diggear" (impersonal, like on a sign). I didn't include plural forms since the option is essentially presented to a single user at a time.
- suzywang3000, on 01/25/2008, -0/+14must be a conspiracy...
- Carthagefield, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Ha, this is no conspiracy. Google has a feature on google translated pages (check in "lanquage Tools") whereby the user can submit a "better translation" of a word/s. I'm guessing if a word or phrase is altered enough times, the new translation will replace the old one. Hit the link below, and hold the cursor above a line of text to bring up the untranslated original. At the bottom of the box you should see what i'm talkin' about. Some kid/scientologist is just up to shenanigans methinks.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F ... - Ireland, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1It's a lame decoy from those Sci *****!
- Carthagefield, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Ha, this is no conspiracy. Google has a feature on google translated pages (check in "lanquage Tools") whereby the user can submit a "better translation" of a word/s. I'm guessing if a word or phrase is altered enough times, the new translation will replace the old one. Hit the link below, and hold the cursor above a line of text to bring up the untranslated original. At the bottom of the box you should see what i'm talkin' about. Some kid/scientologist is just up to shenanigans methinks.
- pitlord, on 01/25/2008, -3/+8FTA:"…but cracking jokes or hinting at Scientology conspiracies just doesn't seem all that fitting."
>.>
I smell something fishy here. I know there are Scientologists working for Google, I wonder how many work for cnet.
o.o- bingobongony, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1Wait...is that the lastest pathetic conspiracy theory? that Scientologists are working for Google?
Anything to avoid reality I guess, pitlord.
- bingobongony, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1Wait...is that the lastest pathetic conspiracy theory? that Scientologists are working for Google?
- ZisforZebras, on 01/25/2008, -6/+8and if you type in tom cruise, it comes back with richard simmons
- TheOther1, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2That's completely understandable since Tom Cruise cums on Richard Simmons back.
- dinot, on 01/25/2008, -2/+64what I want to know is why you were translating " i miss heath ledger" to spanish in the first place.
- darkphenox, on 01/25/2008, -0/+9Having a conversation with a Spanish person through IM.
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -15/+1My conversations with folks from around the world on Skype typically end up with my screaming quotes from Pulp Fiction into my headset. ENGLISH, *****; DO YOU SPEAK IT? Doin' what I can to improve our image around the world.
- DemonWasp, on 01/25/2008, -0/+6You are not Samuel L. Jackson, and in all likelihood, you are not an angry black man, so you can't be nearly as awesome as Jackson.
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -3/+4I am a black man but I have a very small penis. Imagine how angry I am now.
- notahappycamper, on 01/25/2008, -1/+3FatLoser: I doubt you're a black man or have a small penis. But it's obvious you are fat and a loser.
- DemonWasp, on 01/25/2008, -0/+6You are not Samuel L. Jackson, and in all likelihood, you are not an angry black man, so you can't be nearly as awesome as Jackson.
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -15/+1My conversations with folks from around the world on Skype typically end up with my screaming quotes from Pulp Fiction into my headset. ENGLISH, *****; DO YOU SPEAK IT? Doin' what I can to improve our image around the world.
- darkphenox, on 01/25/2008, -0/+9Having a conversation with a Spanish person through IM.
- wastegas, on 01/25/2008, -0/+50They fixed it. :(
- FirstDigg, on 01/25/2008, -1/+11Yes, yes they did... And because of this new digg algorithm, this story got 182 diggs so far and still has not hit the front page. When it finally does (if it does) people now wont be able to try it out. :( But it really was like this all day!
- ThreeDee912, on 01/25/2008, -1/+5Some Scientologists probably grouped together and tried to bury it.
- FirstDigg, on 01/25/2008, -1/+11Yes, yes they did... And because of this new digg algorithm, this story got 182 diggs so far and still has not hit the front page. When it finally does (if it does) people now wont be able to try it out. :( But it really was like this all day!
- georgemason01, on 01/25/2008, -2/+30Attention Google: At least one Scientologist mole has infiltrated your establishment. Initiate lockdown. Code Red.
- SniperXPX, on 01/25/2008, -1/+3Correction: Code oe
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2I read a quote from L-Wrong that went something roughly like, "Make money by any means possible; then make more money." Not really sure if I want folks working for me who will do "whatever it takes" to make money, especially when I'm a company whose assets are largely intellectual property.
- atb112, on 01/25/2008, -3/+8random scientology comment
- Ireland, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Yeah, I love the way they make lame attempts to confuse, yet we just lulz
- socialpyramid, on 01/25/2008, -8/+7This story has 181 diggs, but a new Kevin Rose just went popular in the 70s. sigh
- Ryan0617, on 01/25/2008, -1/+11Who cares
- bingobongony, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Yeah...you don't understand the algorithm. Thanks for telling us. (It has LONG been established that it is not just the number of diggs.)
- Tiak, on 01/25/2008, -0/+12Tom Cruise Killed in attempt use his OT8 powers to take over the body of Heath Ledger
- DigiDave, on 01/25/2008, -0/+4What I want to know is the story behind whoever found this out.
- barts124, on 01/25/2008, -3/+0bs
- otis12, on 01/25/2008, -0/+26We need to Googlebomb Tom Cruise to Meatspin
- TheSchimmi, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1hahahaha ok.
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -6/+1What's Meatspin? Can I type that in the browser or what? You've got me curious!
- Samsong, on 01/25/2008, -2/+7Then you've learned nothing from Digg...
- FatLoser, on 01/25/2008, -5/+1As of this comment: Mine has -1, Samsong has +3. Tells me all I need to know about the reading comprehension level of digg. You're a bunch of swifties.
- Trollmaster, on 01/25/2008, -1/+5i see what they did there.......... nahhh, just kidding... actually I don't
- nicksauce, on 01/25/2008, -3/+1Google hacked by Scientology?
- Donnshin, on 01/25/2008, -2/+0If Scientology found a way to control Google, then we can kiss our asses goodbye.
- OhHarrow, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5"Voy a perder Heath Ledger" .... didnt work for me
- eyesmell, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1"I'm going to lose Heath Ledger" ??
- xxxana, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1They just want him dead, that's all.
- blinkin, on 01/25/2008, -4/+0Bahahaha @ otis12
- JeremyGiberson, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Chalk it up to wishful thinking on everyones behalf.
- kurupttek, on 01/25/2008, -3/+1Its fixed
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capturevq ... - atbnet, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3It actually says "I'm going to lose Tom Cruise" It would be better "Voy a extrañar Tom Cruise"
- rubaaan, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3dammit. i just registered to post what you just said. hahahah.
- DinosWillDie13, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1hahaha. that is a real bummer. and yes I saw that too.
- kayala, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3Or echaré Tom Cruise de menos.
- eyesmell, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1pura pinche rasa? eh gueyes??
- rubaaan, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3dammit. i just registered to post what you just said. hahahah.
- DJWingMan, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Fixed?
Didn't work for me. - MacTyler, on 01/25/2008, -1/+0they fixed it now
//expect about 1,000 more comments exactly like this to follow- DinosWillDie13, on 01/25/2008, -0/+4your already like the tenth.
- TheSchimmi, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0isn't perder loser? cause remember that song, voy, un perder a oy, i'ma loser baby...
yeah i'm pretty sure loser is perder in spanish- IsraelCuevas, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1perder = lose
perdedor = loser- aussiebuddha, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1in the case of missing someone, as in heath ledger is dead.. it would be "extrañar" not "perder"... perder is to loose a thing.. like i lost my keys..
was i clear?
- aussiebuddha, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1in the case of missing someone, as in heath ledger is dead.. it would be "extrañar" not "perder"... perder is to loose a thing.. like i lost my keys..
- IsraelCuevas, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1perder = lose
- EvanWindsor, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Those sneaky scientologist creepers
- tweetsa, on 01/25/2008, -4/+3heath ledger didn't die tragically. Someone getting killed in a car accident is tragic, being shot dead is tragic. Downing a bunch of pills can hardly be considered a death worth of "x died tragically"
- CoachZed, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2I'd say that dying at 28 years old and leaving a kid behind constitutes "tragic."
- wolfofwar, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1not really, because he did it to himself.
Its not tragic when some clown kills themselves. Infact, it's ignorant, to his kid, as she now has to grow up without a father, because he was feeling a tad depressed
- wolfofwar, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1not really, because he did it to himself.
- CoachZed, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2I'd say that dying at 28 years old and leaving a kid behind constitutes "tragic."
- danielsousa, on 01/25/2008, -0/+12I work for google in the machine translation group (proof www.danielsousa.info,) and we fixed the bug already. We also got Naomi Watts translating to Penelope Cruz, it was due to a page on Yahoo image search which is used as web data. the canonical actors used on that line are different in English and Spanish.
- Banonymous11, on 01/25/2008, -3/+1Honestly, if Google named [This comment has been removed due to a copyright claim by the Church of Scientology] then take that banana and split it!
*Lulz* - ha1f, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2s/bug/easter_egg
- rumbl3r, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2And how is this news? Who gives a ***** stick?
- razorsedge555, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1And if you put "Brokeback Mountain" it translates into "Vanilla Sky"
- Yaklord, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Except Brokeback Mountain wasn't that gay...
- DaleoftheUK, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1If you put Tom cruise in, it translates to ***** end.
- ThreeDee912, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Anyone have a screen-video of it? I'm not trusting screenshots.
- FirstDigg, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1It really was like that all day. I promise. They changed it this evening unfortunately.
- rholland356, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1You really cannot blame Google for this mix-up. Quite often when Ledger and Cruise were together, it was Cruise who came first.
- Banonymous11, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0Epic Lulz commentor!!!
- gueritabonita, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Tragedy aside, I wouldn't mind losing Tom Cruise as the bad translation suggests.
- cs188, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5The initial error might have been fixed, but NOW translate this from Spanish to English, see what you get:
"Voy a comer Tom Cruise."- Tarkaan, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5I will eat Brad Pitt.
- londubh, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2It's all Xenu's fault.
- benihime, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1"voy a perder tom cruise" isn't even the translation of I will miss tom cruise.... that is saying i will loose tom cruise. I will miss someone is Voy a extranar (n is suppose to be the n with the squiggle). and how the hell did Heath Ledger (R.I.P) be changed to tom cruise??? genius just genius..rofl
- elscorcho717, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1He's right. The translation is terrible. A better one would have been "voy a hechar de menos"
- mlvassallo, on 01/25/2008, -2/+1either they fixed it or this is a hoax.
- jclassracer, on 01/25/2008, -2/+1this is a total lie.
- Yaklord, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1FIRST COMMENT...oh wait not really...Hoax, lie, or bug...how is this even a story? OMG CODE HAS A BUG IN IT!!!!
- newnie, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0OMG SCIENTOLOGY KILLED LEDGER?!?!
- Carthagefield, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Ha, this is no conspiracy. Google has a feature on google translated pages (check in "lanquage Tools") whereby the user can submit a "better translation". I'm guessing if a word or phrase is altered enough times, the new translation will replace the old one. Hit the link below, and hold the cursor above a line of text to bring up the untranslated original. At the bottom of the box you should see what i'm talkin' about. Some kid/scientologist is just up to shenanigans methinks.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F ... - Tohdman, on 01/25/2008, -1/+2It's because you can suggest translations for certain phrases/words.
- SCVirus, on 01/25/2008, -1/+0Since this story is (presumably) about Google hating on Scientology:
http://www.google.ca/search?q=NARCONON Go there, click the narconon ad, and the drug addict brainwashing division of Scientology gets charged. (rinse repeat) -
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