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Users report significant decline in Google Translate quality

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Users are reporting a noticeable decline in the quality of Google Translate. One user on Mastodon observed that the translation service, previously known for its occasional inaccuracies, has become nearly incomprehensible, even generating non-existent words. This degradation in performance is impacting the user's ability to follow content from a Spanish-language source. AI

IMPACT Potential degradation in a widely used AI-powered translation tool could impact global communication and information access.

RANK_REASON User-generated commentary on a widely used service.

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Users report significant decline in Google Translate quality

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Question for the # mastodon hive mind Is it just me, or is Google Translate *much* worse these days? We use a Spanish site to keep up with La Liga, and it was a

    Question for the # mastodon hive mind Is it just me, or is Google Translate *much* worse these days? We use a Spanish site to keep up with La Liga, and it was always riddled with weird words and badly translated idioms, but lately it is virtually indescipherable and it seems to e…

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