Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

translategate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trans-late-gate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A 2017 glitch where Google Translate generated strange translations for phrases from some languages.

name

Any controversy involving a mistranslation.

Example Sentences

"The interesting thing is how many of the chunks of “TranslateGate” translation seem to be pulled from documents online — some are even speculating that it might have been pulled from private messages, though Google has denied this."
"The mystery of Translategate lies in the strange responses generated by Google Translate when users type broken letters or words into Somali Google Translate."
"FURIOUS Celtic chiefs have reported Sky Sports to Ofcom after hitting out at the broadcaster’s “inadequate” apology over Translategate."

Etymology

From translate + -gate. The subreddit r/TranslateGate was created in 2017.

Questions

What does translategate mean?: A 2017 glitch where Google Translate generated strange translations for phrases from some languages.
Where does translategate come from?: From translate + -gate. The subreddit r/TranslateGate was created in 2017.

How to pronounce translategate

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