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minus-squareCivility [none/use name]hexagonhexbear16·edit-23 years agoI tried it out and it still makes the same assumptions. English to Hungarian Hungarian back to English Here's another example with different word choices than the original, again it makes assumptions universally along sexist lines. It would surprise me very much if this was random, it seems like a clear example of data bias. English to Hungarian Hungarian back to English link
minus-squaredismal [they/them, undecided]hexbear7·3 years agooh yeah i really dont think that its even a possibility that its random, the way those genders got reassigned after detranslation back to english this is really interesting honestly , its a subject ive never even really seen discussed or mentioned anywhere link
minus-squareQuimby [any, any]hexbear5·edit-23 years agoSHIT. I just saw the same thing. I got a different result previously with a different language where this same thing was brought up. It sounds like maybe it's supported for some languages but not yet others? https://support.google.com/translate/answer/9179237?hl=en more context here, I think: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18129203/google-translate-gender-specific-translations-languages link
I tried it out and it still makes the same assumptions.
English to Hungarian
Hungarian back to English
Here's another example with different word choices than the original, again it makes assumptions universally along sexist lines. It would surprise me very much if this was random, it seems like a clear example of data bias.
English to Hungarian
Hungarian back to English
oh yeah i really dont think that its even a possibility that its random, the way those genders got reassigned after detranslation back to english
this is really interesting honestly , its a subject ive never even really seen discussed or mentioned anywhere
SHIT. I just saw the same thing. I got a different result previously with a different language where this same thing was brought up.
It sounds like maybe it's supported for some languages but not yet others? https://support.google.com/translate/answer/9179237?hl=en
more context here, I think: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18129203/google-translate-gender-specific-translations-languages