absolutely losing it at machine translation rendering "A Farewell to Arms" as "Goodbye Weapons"

[0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange]

absolutely losing it at machine translation rendering "A Farewell to Arms" as "Goodbye Weapons"

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[archiloque@felin.social]

@0xabad1dea it could have been the Iain M Banks version of the book

[robryk@social.wuatek.is]

@0xabad1dea is this the Hemingway novel?

[runner@mastodon.art]

@0xabad1dea it's a picture book like goodnight moon

[runner@mastodon.art]

@0xabad1dea goodnight mace, goodnight flail, goodnight cat o nine tails

[regehr@mastodon.social]

@0xabad1dea I mean it could have been worse. it could have been "goodbye upper appendages".

[raulinbonn@social.treehouse.systems]

@0xabad1dea In Spanish the literal translation of "A Farewell to Arms" would be "Una Despedida a las Armas," However the title in Spanish is normally "Adiós a las Armas," which if translated back to English (literally) would or could be "Goodbye to Arms." "Goodbye TO Weapons" would also be a literally correct translation, although Arms vs. Weapons have slightly different connotations and preferred usage contexts.

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@0xabad1dea I'm confused, because "Goodbye, weapon" is the reverse translation of the Russian translation

[rrb@infosec.exchange]

@0xabad1dea Examples of bad English to Russian translation from 1980s:

"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak"

became

"The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten"