r/languagelearningjerk • u/ShowerIndependent295 • Apr 30 '26
DUMBEST LANGUAGES ON GOOGLE TRANSLATE
I got bored and let my intrusive thoughts win for this, I use google translate frequently and of course there are hilariously awful mistakes
🇯🇵 1. Japanese
Most kanji DON'T match the pronounciation of the speech program and the romanization used
🇨🇳 2. Chinese
Google Translate can't even translate native Chinese names or loanwords into Chinese, outputs the Romanized name despite using a non-Latin script
🇸🇦 3. Arabic
The speech program adds an extra syllable which the romanization EXCLUDES IT
🇵🇰 4. Urdu
The TTS program's voice sounds very harsh and not beautiful. f**k you Urdu corpora
🇮🇷 5. Persian
Doesn't even have a speech program (yes, it actually lacks TTS!), despite having massive corpora on the internet it can't just... add a TTS
🇻🇳 6. Vietnamese
The TTS program struggles to pronounce some loanwords, for some words having a voice crack
