Try this,
1. Open browser then go to google.com
2. click 'language tools'
3. Write "Britney's mom is very nice" in 'Translate text:' textbox.
4. Select "English to Spanish" in the below combo.
5. Press Translate and wait for translation.
6. Now copy the translated text from the above text and paste it in
the
'Translate text:' textbox.
7. Select "Spanish to English" in the below combo.
8. Press Translate and wait for translation.
9.See what happens
You might find this shocking hehehe.

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en -> Direct link to Translate page.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA thats got to be one of the funniest thing I have ever seen, talk about someone screwing that up.

=instead of that replace nice with mean

=also add a S to mama and it will be even more funnier then ever.

=also replace nice with beautiful or ugly

now I had to add words to that and rearrange some thanks Svvift for corrupting our members on that .

its funny how that word can get translated wrong.

This post has been edited by Saint_Michael: Nov 20 2005, 09:01 AM

O_o OK, I didn't expect that... Hehe, it was hilarious all the same! I can't believe that word will be screwed up so bad... Isn't mama supposed to mean mother and not what the translation ended up? Anyway... that was a good find.

Myself, i just have to wonder what you were either doing to find that, or what you were looking though! ... Let me guess, you found it on another website?

ROFLMAO ... wow google looses some reputaion points on this one.

ill save some of you the trouble.

English to Spanish: Britney's mom is very nice
Result: La mama de Britney es muy agradable

Spanish to English: La mama de Britney es muy agradable
Result: The breast of Britney is very pleasant



.... good job google

"Google Screws Up Again"
Thats very funny!
I can sort of explain. I speak french, and spanish is very similar to french. the word "Mother" in french is mère. Another way of saying it it maman. In Spanish mother is Mama. But then if you were to look up la mama in spanish dictionary, you would get "Breast". Its just the switching back and forth that messed the thing up. When you say "Britney's mom" it automatically thinks the mom of Britney, and theres the mess up.

Hahaha! Try this one! Translate it to Spanish and back again.

Baba's mom is pretty.

I kept laughing, and now my cheeks hurt.

I´m spanish and certainly that´s a right translation. I´ll explain.

"mama" it´s like a polite word for "breast" or "tit". It´s used rarely except in medical things. For example "cancer de mama" it´s one of the most frequent cancer types. Apart from this, you talk about "mamas" when you´re referring to a mother feeding their babies, human or even more frequently when it´s an animal.

Instead, mamá, it´s like mom. It´s the way a child names his or her mother. Commonly it has an accent in the second syllable and that´s a way to difference it but in some areas they say it "mama" as well, but (at least in Spain, don´t now about americans) think it´s kind of low cultural level.

It´s funny how google use the "breast" acception.

Explanations from the Language Academy Dictionary

If I ever find myself in a Spanish-speaking country, I'll be sure to watch my accent and syllable emphasis when I ask to meet someone's mother.