This Is What Happens When You Translate ‘Lady Gaga’ with Google Translate [Bugs]
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Reddit users have discovered a funny easter egg in Google translate: If you translate “Lady Gaga” from Malay to any other language, it pops up as “Britney Spears.” Or, maybe it’s not an easter egg, and just a bug. More »
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@probastheduc: Ha, I got de-starred for suggesting that a billboard that said “Are you embarrassed yet for voting for Obama?” might not be newsworthy. You can piss a lot of people off here and not get in trouble, but the minute you criticize the newsworthiness of a post, you’re done for.
smithsj
@Swifter: Thanks Swifter! And I actually did Google it. Which is a good indication that I should get out of the house and do something.
OliversArmy
god another stupid waste of space gawker post. nobody cares.
probastheduc
So essentially Google is calling Ms. Spears crazy? Sounds fine.
tomqvaxy
@OliversArmy: That’s really funny!
Swifter
Also, translating sigur ros from Icelandic to English:
robokirk
@stickyshoes31: “George Washington” in French translates into “George Bush”
YG2012
And the Malay translation for “Britney Spears” is “Madonna”.
heytherefancypants
Oddly it only works in lower case.
DogsOfWar
[tinypic.com]
Bad Romance means Move Womans in Haitian Creole
fatmonalisa
Funny, I’ve found out if you translate “English song lyrics” into Gaga, then it pops up as “Rah rah ah ah ah roma roma ma gaga ooh la la”
stickyshoes31
I just tried googling “asparagus from Rennes” and did not get “Brittany spears” among the responses.
Missed opportunity Google.
OliversArmy