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by Ankita in Festival · Humour · News · Spain · Vegetables — 5 Nov, 2015 So Google Translate might not be able to teach a language class but it can definitely tell you the difference between vegetables and body parts in any language. Apparently not. A recent online Read more [...] Talk about a hot-button issue. Things are really heating up in the Spanish town of As Pontes in Galicia, which some months ago wanted to advertise its February festival of a green known locally as “grelo” for the Spanish-language version of its website, and it turned to Google Translate for assistance. Oops. Turns out that the popular online translation service has a hard time telling the difference between Portuguese and the local Galician language. When the municipal government Read more [...] As Pontes' Rapini Festival takes place during Carnival, which next year falls in early February, if you fancy nipping down and nibbling on a few mouthwatering grelo.Google Translate has since changed the translation.The reason for the outrage is that grelo is also a Portuguese slang word for a lady's love button.It was meant to be a culinary festival celebrating grelo, the leafy green vegetable that is a staple in the Galician town of As Pontes in north-west Spain.A Google spokesperson said: "Google Read more [...] Town hall spokeswoman Monte Garcia told The Local, "Google translate recognized our Galician word grelo as Portuguese and translated into the Spanish clitoris..." They used Google Translate for the Spanish-language version of the text.The town of As Pontes in north western Spain has a tradition of holding the "Feira do grelo", or rapini festival, each year, which celebrates a local leaf vegetable similar to spinach which is a local speciality.The information about the festival was hosted on the town's Read more [...] Chromecasters can now enjoy Sling TV on their big screens Bulls withstand late surge to beat Magic 92-87 Arkansas officer arrested after false claim of being shot Jury selected in rape trial of former Oklahoma officer Ganim elected as next mayor of Bridgeport Real Madrid star Karim Benzema arrested in sex tape scandal Seguin leads Stars to 5-3 win at Boston Kate Winslet: Social Read more [...] A town in Galicia, in northern Spain, was looking forward to its annual turnip greens festival this year, but residents were left pretty embarrassed after a Google Translate error made their innocent little culinary festival sound a whole lot more X-rated. They used Google Translate for the Spanish-language version of the text. The town is apparently considering Read more [...] A culinary festival celebrating grelo, the leafy green vegetable that is a staple in the Galician town of As Pontes in north-west Spain, saw a sudden surge of interest recently - and the good townsfolk naturally thought their marketing initiative had worked this year. Google Translate, according to town representative Montserrat Garcia, mistook the Galician word for the Portuguese one, which awkwardly can be used as a slang term for clitoris.García says they investigated Google Translate and found Read more [...] You've tripped up another innocent user yet again.The town of As Pontes in Galicia holds a yearly festival to celebrate grelo (a local vegetable similar to spinach).Unfortunately, to their horror, they had been inviting people to take part in a "clitoris festival".As local organizers sought to promote next year's festival, which will take place February 15, town hall staff relied on Google Translate to give them the Spanish language translation of "Feria do grelo" (Rapini Festival) on the town's Read more [...] You’ve tripped up another innocent user yet again. A town has been left embarrassed after their annual event was misrepresented as a “clitoris festival” – thanks to a Google Translate error. Unfortunately, to their horror, they had been inviting people to take part in a “clitoris festival”. But Google Translate confused the Galician word for rapini – “grelo” – with Portuguese slang meaning clitoris. But, a translation error turned “Feira do grelo” (Rapini Festival) Read more [...] A town in Galicia, Spain is planning on taking action against Google Translate after the app mistranslated the name of their popular annual rapini festival to “clitoris festival.”Google Translate has taken many languages under its wing, but not Galician, it seems. While it can translate Castilian Spanish and Catalan reasonably well, Google has not yet ventured into the language, Galego, spoken by people living in the Galicia region of northern Spain. According to Mirror Online, the town Read more [...]

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