Google Translator is an online free translator that supports many languages. The document analyzes Google Translator's performance on a text about the origins of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. It finds several mistakes in vocabulary, word order, and syntax. While Google Translator is useful for translating texts into multiple languages, the summary concludes that the translated text may not be entirely accurate and mistakes should be considered when using the tool.

1. MachineTranslationGoogleTranslatorBy Silvia del Pozo

2. WhatisGoogleTranslator?Itisan online free translatorwhich has severallanguagestotranslate

3. I willfocuson a textabout “Coca-Cola” called “Atlanta beginnings” in order to see what kind of problems Google Translator has when it translates texts.

4. Firstofall,weinsertthetextandselectthetwolanguagesthatwewanttoworkwith as in thefollowingexample

5. ThenwegetthistextWe can propose a bettertranslationforthistext

6. Afterreadingthewholetextitiseasytorealizethatthere are some…MISTAKES!!!

7. VocabularyMistakesStirred up isnotsuscitóbutREMOVIÓ

8. Word orderproblemsThecorrectsentencewould be: VENDIÓ SÓLO 9 VASOS DE COCA-COLA AL DÍAThesentence: vendió a 9 vasos de Coca-Cola al díaistotally WRONG!!

9. OtherSyntancticproblemsThecorrectformwould be: LA FARMACIA DE JACOBHereGoogleTranslatorisunabletodistinguishtheposessionisthissentence

10. Google has translated “named” as the participle “nombrada” and in this case it is an action carried out by someone so the correct form would be “NOMBRÓ”

11. As a conclusion…

12. GoogleTranslatoris a goodtool in ordertotranslatetextsintoseverallanguagesItusuallycommitsmistakesthatshould be takenintoaccountwhenwe use ittotranslate as thetextwegetisnotenterelycorrect. However…

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