Assange’s extradition could thus set a terrible precedent and cast a dark shadow on investigative journalism worldwide. This clearly eludes the data-guzzling artificial intelligence engine which powers Google Translate (Shutterstock)Lost in translationSir — There is a sea of difference between translation and transliteration. This clearly eludes the data-guzzling artificial intelligence engine which powers Google Translate. Imagine my surprise when, on searching for the Bengali name of bottle gourd, Google Translate promptly informed me that it was “botol gorur mangsho (literally, bottle cow’s meat)”. Will that get Google Translate banned in India on charges of being ‘anti-national’?

Source: The Telegraph April 19, 2019 13:18 UTC