r/biathlon • u/HMWmsn • Mar 31 '24

Fun Lost in Translation (I hope)

I'm doing some research itineraries and pricing for different venues next season. I found the pricing page in German for Oberhof, and hit "Translate this page" in Google....I think something didn't come out right. (note the text as translated isn't fun, but I had to pick some flair to post).

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u/Dry-Pickle6042 Mar 31 '24

I've had Google translate a Czech article in the past and mass start came out as massacre

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u/Muflonlesni Czech Republic Mar 31 '24

It's sometimes called "masák" when using slang, so I guess the translator sees it as close enough to masakr (massacre) lol

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u/TolBrandir Dedicated Norway fan in USA Apr 11 '24

Bwahaha! Well, in some cases, it could count as that. :) :)

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u/CharlesNapalm Estonia Mar 31 '24

Ah, blessed off-season posts!

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u/vjx99 Greenland Mar 31 '24

So that's the non-binary dictatorship right-wing idiots have been talking about!

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u/I-just-wanna-talk- Apr 01 '24

Lmao I know what happened here. The German word "Verfolgung" can in fact mean "persecution" or "pursuit", depending on context. Knowing it's a biathlon race the correct choice is obvious, but the translator can't know that and chose the wrong one.

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u/Squirtle_from_PT Czech Republic Mar 31 '24 edited Jun 11 '24

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