Google Translate translated 'the legislator accidentally left a copy of the important bill he was writing in the taxi' with 'bill' as 'facture' (an invoice, like a plumber might give) rather than as a legislative bill, showing a failure to understand context, and translation errors have real effects when the US uses Google Translate to translate documents from refugees, resulting in disqualification.
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Melanie MitchellEvidence Quote
“it translated bill into facture which is the kind of Bill that would be like an invoice like a plumber might give you not a legislative Bill okay and it turns out that translation errors really have effects in the real world that the US is using things like Google Translate to um translate documents from refugees and um makes mistakes and then um uh disqualifies them”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:19:21 PM
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