Hi A.S., You've analyzed the situation quite well. "la ilaha ila Allah" is certainly not French (or English), which is why our system has a little trouble dealing with it when users tell us it's French (or English). Surprisingly we actually get pretty close on the translation. But "ila" does get recognized as an acronym, which throws the whole thing off.
We're looking to fix this soon. Best, Josh Estelle Senior Software Engineer Google Translate On Dec 14, 4:47 am, A.S. wrote: > Dear Google, > > This isn't so much a discussion topic as a notice for you to read. > It's not even an actual glitch, more like a hoax. > > There's a nasty and ridiculous rumor about you that is rapidly > spreading and you might want to address that. People have been posting > it all over Facebook. I'm guessing the gullible and agitated will buy > anything and the ones capable of doing their own thinking won't, but I > still thought you should know. > > Translating "la ilaha ila Allah," the Muslim proclamation of faith, > from French to Arabic, gives something that vaguely means "God is not > a deity Israel land Administration." Put God and Israel in the same > sentence and there you have it! Let the rant begin. Except it's not > your fault at all. > > First of all, it's ridiculous to translate that from French to Arabic. > It's not French to begin with, now is it? > > Also, "ila" should be "illa" since it's a double L in Arabic. That's > where the mess comes from: ILA is an acronym for Israel Land > Administration. > > Once ILA is "translated," what you're left with is "la ilaha allah," > and that means "God is not a deity," but hey, it's not Google > Translate's fault at all. You tell it that God is not a deity and it > spits it right back at you. Duh! What else did you think it was going > to do? Go to Detroit and buy you a car? What the hell do you expect! > > It just annoys me how people don't have a clue. Get back at me, dear > Google. Mad love. > > Yours googlingly, > > A.S. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
