Originally Posted by Heidi:
I speak fluent German (and English...mostly...lol), so I've messed with the Google translation programs and they are hilarious. It translates each word individually, but can't put things in context. This may be what happened. The poster may have translated the thread into her language, answered it in her language, then translated back into English and pasted it back to the thread.
By then, it's a bit of a gobbledy-gook!
LOL..that's true. I didn't think of that. I had to send a note to someone in Mexico once, and I can kind of speak Spanish, but, I ran it through one of those once and it seemed odd. So, before I sent it, I sent it to a friend in Central America and asked her if it was correct. She said "Not only is it not correct, you are insulting her grandson, and it makes no sense whatsoever...what are you TRYING to say?" She touched it up for me, and I have never again tried to make sense from a translator.
But, I should learn anyway right?.... Everyone should try to learn another language.