Thursday, May 26, 2011

Google tries its hand at translating a page of Gemara, Rashi and Tosafos

Using Google Translate, I thought I'd see what it did with a random text page of Talmud. For no special reason I chose Brachos 18a. You have to admit, Google almost gets pshat in Tosafos about Rabbenu Tam's sister:

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4 comments:

  1. Mar Gavriel12:21 AM, May 27, 2011

    What was the "Cobra" about?

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  2. Reuven Chaim Klein4:40 AM, May 27, 2011

    Since when does Google Translate do Aramaic?

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  3. S.10:52 AM, May 27, 2011

    It doesn't. It treats it like Hebrew and does as best as it can. A lot of the Bavli is not pure Aramaic. You can see how it stumbled over Mishnaic plural endings -in rather than -im.

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  4. Anonymous1:05 PM, May 27, 2011

    That was almost as funny as "the Simpsons Talmud."
    Phil

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