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Maxima .
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Mar 13, 2020
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I vote up Bing translator extension for new Edge

I have been encouraged by fast and effective help here (for different issue). So i decided to voice my need in good "official" translator extension for new Edge.    I replaced old Edge today (I use...
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HotCakeX
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Mar 14, 2020
Lol David 19 XD
well yeah I gotta admit, Google translate is better than Bing translate, which is what Edge is using 🙂
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Maxima .
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Mar 14, 2020

HotCakeX I use both and on quite a few occasions Bing does better than Google. On the total I'd prefer google but its not clear cut case..

 

For example Google translator started to translate Czech prices to something absolutely mind blowing (like "Average for a year" instead of 1000 Kc - Kc is Czech currency). Its been for 5 months now. I tried to write to Google support with zero response.

 

See the pics (just made from a random Czech website for illustration). I mean "3590 Kc = Average for a 20-year-old man with a night to go" - how?? Was someone on acid to make this up?

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Mar 15, 2020
    You're welcome x)
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    Kan-Win
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    Mar 15, 2020

    HotCakeX Yes, spot on 

     

    Thank you very much HotCakeX 

     

    Win 

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    HotCakeX
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    Mar 15, 2020

    Kan-Win 

    Oh well i guess now it's obvious who is the winner here
    Google: Covid-19 :smile:
    Yandex: Chrome-19 :sad:
    Bing/Edge: David-19  :suprised:

     

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    Kan-Win
    Steel Contributor
    Mar 15, 2020

    HotCakeX Yes, that was the translation using Yandex below your post. 

     

    Win

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Mar 14, 2020
    Did you try the Yandex translate too?
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    Kan-Win
    Steel Contributor
    Mar 14, 2020
    From Thai to English

    Out announced. catchy world to solve the crisis view-19??
    Hand... Is channels make the common people have a chance to get a virus chrome.-19 very

    Translate in Google Bing
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    HotCakeX
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    Mar 14, 2020
    Sure, by the way give Yandex Translate a shot too
    https://translate.yandex.com
    it's decent. Yandex reverse Image search for example works better than Google and Bing's.

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    Maxima .
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 14, 2020

    HotCakeX yes that what i meant by "hack". but it has to be moderated.. 5 months is long enough.

     

    anyway. if you happen to come across google/microsoft translator support direct contact details - please let me know

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    HotCakeX
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    Mar 14, 2020
    I've seen some funny stuff happen in Google translate. you know it's not entirely maintained by Google. I mean people can vote translations and if enough people vote for a troll or fake translation then that translation will take priority and will be shown by default to everyone.
    an example is when you type "Donald Trump" in Google translate and the translation would show you a long sentence saying bad things about him lol.
    I'm not sure if that exactly happened, I just remember things like that happened in the past.
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    Maxima .
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 14, 2020

    HotCakeX how do you translate a number into an absolutely random 9 words phrase? Besides - it was working for years until around Oct 2019.. Its a hack pure and simple. And nobody cares..

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    HotCakeX
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    Mar 14, 2020
    These translators all have problems, they are far from perfect, still the best translator is the person who knows the languages and studied them 🙂