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T0fuuu
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia2275 Posts
February 14 2011 15:54 GMT
#1
So I am learning Korean as a hobby and just now I started using google translate with its listen feature to get a grasp of how words sound. At first it was just song lyrics and fun but then I put in Lim Yo Hwan and behold.
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Translation


BOXER ALLCAPS


*****
beefhamburger
Profile Joined December 2007
United States3962 Posts
February 14 2011 15:58 GMT
#2
Would be perfect if you didn't put in Ib Yo Hwan. =P
alypse
Profile Joined May 2010
2771 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-14 16:05:13
February 14 2011 16:02 GMT
#3
Mine is even more badass (Korean --> Vietnamese):

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KT Violet 1988 - 2012
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
February 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4
omg i just tried this and it works O_O

awesome.
Jaedong :3
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
February 14 2011 16:07 GMT
#5
Does this work with any other famous progamer? :O
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
February 14 2011 16:09 GMT
#6
On February 15 2011 00:58 beefhamburger wrote:
Would be perfect if you didn't put in Ib Yo Hwan. =P

He didn't...
Betrayed by EG.BuK
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
February 14 2011 16:14 GMT
#7
Sweet.
RIP MBC Game Hero
MinoMino
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1103 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-14 16:23:44
February 14 2011 16:14 GMT
#8
That's pretty badass, as expected from Google. However, I just tried 김택용 (Bisu), and it translated it into Stork, hahaha.
Blah.
elf_01
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States168 Posts
February 14 2011 16:21 GMT
#9
However, Song Byung Goo (Stork) works properly for multiple languages.
STORK//SEA | SAMSUNG KHAN!
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9033 Posts
February 14 2011 16:23 GMT
#10
wow that's... awesome.
KonohaFlash
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1590 Posts
February 14 2011 16:26 GMT
#11
My last name can't be translated, that's pretty funny haha.
garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
February 14 2011 16:28 GMT
#12
That's pretty awesome!
Even during difficult times, when I sat down to play the game, there were times where it felt like god has descended down and played [for me].
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12037 Posts
February 14 2011 16:35 GMT
#13
I agree it is awesome, wonder who added that feature...
searcher
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
277 Posts
February 14 2011 17:16 GMT
#14
You guys realize that people can suggest translations for things? So it's not quite as awesome you as you think.
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
February 14 2011 17:20 GMT
#15
On February 15 2011 02:16 searcher wrote:
You guys realize that people can suggest translations for things? So it's not quite as awesome you as you think.

Sure it is. It's awesome that someone suggested it.
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
February 14 2011 17:24 GMT
#16
On February 15 2011 01:09 tyCe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2011 00:58 beefhamburger wrote:
Would be perfect if you didn't put in Ib Yo Hwan. =P

He didn't...


lol yea.. he didn't

but i guess how someone could mistake the b for m sound when the consonant is on the bottom like that
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
February 14 2011 17:31 GMT
#17
damn..
gnna suggest lee jaedong nada and everyone now
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
Macavenger
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1132 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-14 18:07:31
February 14 2011 18:00 GMT
#18
Works for Jaedong, Boxer, Stork, and mistranslates Bisu->Stork. Didn't work for Flash, Nada, Yellow, Savior, Nal_ra, oov.

For fun I also tried running the IDs through English->Korean. Didn't work.
cheeseyesplz
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom82 Posts
February 14 2011 18:00 GMT
#19
No expert but from past experience google translate is TERRIBLE to learn a language as it doesn't account for syntax etc etc. I suppose just to hear how a word sounds it would be fine though. There is also a Justin Bieber pubert vietnam translate joke quite good and I'm not even a hater.
matjlav
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany2435 Posts
February 14 2011 18:14 GMT
#20
On February 15 2011 03:00 cheeseyesplz wrote:
No expert but from past experience google translate is TERRIBLE to learn a language as it doesn't account for syntax etc etc. I suppose just to hear how a word sounds it would be fine though. There is also a Justin Bieber pubert vietnam translate joke quite good and I'm not even a hater.


Google Translate is actually surprisingly good at translating some languages. I've translated some long pieces of German text to English and been surprised at how largely accurate the translation was. At times it's even good at idiomatic translation; for instance, it translates the phrase "wie heute," literally "like today," to "as it is today."
wherebugsgo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Japan10647 Posts
February 14 2011 18:23 GMT
#21
How is "wie heute" idiomatic?
matjlav
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany2435 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-14 20:03:41
February 14 2011 20:00 GMT
#22
On February 15 2011 03:23 wherebugsgo wrote:
How is "wie heute" idiomatic?


In itself it is not idiomatic, but it is idiomatic for Google Translate to recognize that it is better translated to "as it is today" rather than literally to "like today" (as a lower-quality translator like Babelfish would translate it).
garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-15 17:57:15
February 15 2011 17:36 GMT
#23
I was telling my friend about this and was trying it out for Stork. I forgot if Stork was 송 or 성 (they sound the same in my head). Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised at the result when I tried to translate 성병구.

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"Nine STDs." Apparently (according to just the first result): (성="sex") + (병="bottle") = (성병="venereal disease"). Of course looking at the rest of the results show that 병 can also mean "disease" and such.



On February 15 2011 03:00 cheeseyesplz wrote:
No expert but from past experience google translate is TERRIBLE to learn a language as it doesn't account for syntax etc etc. I suppose just to hear how a word sounds it would be fine though. There is also a Justin Bieber pubert vietnam translate joke quite good and I'm not even a hater.

Actually Google translate is quite good. It can even translate from an "unknown language" to English. If you use Chrome, try this page and just right click the page and translate.

The translation is interesting because it's not a direct translation of the words. Instead whole phrases are translated so you get the phrases like "which art" or "thy."
Even during difficult times, when I sat down to play the game, there were times where it felt like god has descended down and played [for me].
Danjoh
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden405 Posts
February 15 2011 21:02 GMT
#24
On February 16 2011 02:36 garbanzo wrote:
I was telling my friend about this and was trying it out for Stork. I forgot if Stork was 송 or 성 (they sound the same in my head). Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised at the result when I tried to translate 성병구.

+ Show Spoiler +
"Nine STDs." Apparently (according to just the first result): (성="sex") + (병="bottle") = (성병="venereal disease"). Of course looking at the rest of the results show that 병 can also mean "disease" and such.



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On February 15 2011 03:00 cheeseyesplz wrote:
No expert but from past experience google translate is TERRIBLE to learn a language as it doesn't account for syntax etc etc. I suppose just to hear how a word sounds it would be fine though. There is also a Justin Bieber pubert vietnam translate joke quite good and I'm not even a hater.

Actually Google translate is quite good. It can even translate from an "unknown language" to English. If you use Chrome, try this page and just right click the page and translate.

The translation is interesting because it's not a direct translation of the words. Instead whole phrases are translated so you get the phrases like "which art" or "thy."

I copied 성병구 from your text and got same result as you.

But at the bottom there was a "Did you mean: 송병구", and if I click that, it translates into Stork
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