▲ 387 ▼ Props to the translators of TP-Links Omada control panel (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago* by halbgebildeter@lemm.ee to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments Typical case of "garbage in, garbage out" (They translated Fir literally as "fir tree" in german)
[–] theyouttogetme@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (3 children) Feels more like a typo permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 69 points 2 years ago (2 children) A typo that was translated in kind. In English it says [Fir], which obviously is a typo, but in German it was translated to [Tanne] which means "fir tree". While the English version is close to the real thing ([Fr]) and thus could slip through if you are careful, there is no way any decent translator wouldn't ask for confirmation when they are translating "Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fir tree, Sat" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] appel@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The "translator" was probably just some hapless programmer who fed it to ChatGPT, and does not speak a word of German nor gets paid enough to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago I think, that's the point of the whole post. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago This was probably translated on a fir tree afternoon when they were already checked out for the weekend. permalink fedilink source parent [–] derpo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago It was. And then the typo played telephone permalink fedilink source parent [–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago It's a typo positive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 69 points 2 years ago (2 children) A typo that was translated in kind. In English it says [Fir], which obviously is a typo, but in German it was translated to [Tanne] which means "fir tree". While the English version is close to the real thing ([Fr]) and thus could slip through if you are careful, there is no way any decent translator wouldn't ask for confirmation when they are translating "Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fir tree, Sat" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] appel@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The "translator" was probably just some hapless programmer who fed it to ChatGPT, and does not speak a word of German nor gets paid enough to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago I think, that's the point of the whole post. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago This was probably translated on a fir tree afternoon when they were already checked out for the weekend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] appel@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The "translator" was probably just some hapless programmer who fed it to ChatGPT, and does not speak a word of German nor gets paid enough to check. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago I think, that's the point of the whole post. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago I think, that's the point of the whole post. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago This was probably translated on a fir tree afternoon when they were already checked out for the weekend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] derpo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago It was. And then the typo played telephone permalink fedilink source parent