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"Thou shalt love thy language as thyself." — Felipe Aira.

Google translations in Tagalog

October 24, 2008
Google has been leading, after Tagalog Wikimedia projects and Tagalog Debian Linux, against its competition on Tagalog interfaces. Well they say that their interface is in Filipino but that doesn’t matter since the difference between Tagalog, in most cases, is so insignificant that knowledge of Filipino will also give you knowledge of Tagalog; but that’s not the point. Yes the Google Tagalog text interfaces are fine, except for one thing — they are actually in Taglish. Native Tagalogs and Tagalog language learners are being misguided by Google that this is the language you’re trying to learn — a creole (a mix of languages).
 
Besides the Tagalog text interface, I would like to comment that Google has one of the worst interfaces compare to their competition such as Yahoo! and Windows Live who got way better eye candy interfaces. The Google interface is so crude and simple; that is too simple. It is like looking unto one of those old 1990’s web pages.
 
And lastly, their English-to-Tagalog translation software sucks. See the following text (how Google translated to Tagalog my blog post http://felipeaira.i.ph/blogs/felipeaira/2008/10/14/tagalog-phonology-glottal-stop-and-stress/).
 
Ang impit itigil ay isang tunog na ay napaka-pangkaraniwan sa Philippine wika at din sa iba pang mga wika mundo pa na ito ay hindi bilang karaniwan sa wikang Ingles bilang, sa pinaka-Dialects ng Ingles, ito ay isang napakabihirang tunog; kaya para sa mga average anglophone, ito ay magiging biro.
 
Ang impit stop ay kinakatawan ng IPA simbolo / ʔ / (tila tulad ng isang dotless tandang pananong). In general English, the best example of a word where the glottal stop can be found is in the word “uh-oh” where the glottal stop exists between the separation of the vowels. Sa pangkalahatan English, ang pinakamahusay na halimbawa ng isang salita na kung saan ang impit stop ay matatagpuan ay sa salitang “uh-oh” kung saan ang impit hihinto sa pagitan ng umiiral na ang paghihiwalay ng vowels. Whilst in British English, the sound is more prevalent (eg British renditions of “battle” and “button” where the glottal stop replaces /t/; so this may be easier for you Englishmen. Habang sa British English, ang tunog ay mas karaniwan (eg British renditions ng “labanan” at “button” na kung saan ang impit ihinto ang pumapalit / t /; kaya ito ay maaaring maging mas madali para sa iyo Englishmen.
I know it is so wrong. I  wish they’ll soon realise this and correct these error. I know I am not suppose to play about Googles reputation according to the contract I signed with Google when I subscribed to Adsense but I am not spilling mud unto their name; I am saying this so that they would better themselves. That is what you call constructive critism.
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