It has come to my attention that Google translate is being a biased and inaccurate when translating French language pages concerning Tarot cards. Some pages containing the phrase "tarot divinatoire" are wrongly translated as simply "tarot" The word "divinatory" should appear in the English version of the text but it does not.
Below are examples: French language Wikipedia http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot_divinatoire Amazon.fr http://www.amazon.fr/Tarot-divinatoire-tirage-cartes-sorts/dp/2703300670 The title of the book as correctly translated on US English Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Divinatory-Tarot-Reading-Cards-Fates/dp/1904658059 "Tarot divinatoire" should be translated as "divinatory Tarot" and not "Tarot" It should be recognized that there is more than one Tarot tradition and it's time for English speakers to stop being sheltered from the fact that there is more than one Tarot. The omission of the word "divinatory" in Google's translations misleads people into believing there is only one Tarot tradition and people assume that one tradition is the divinatory Tarot. The other main tradition of Tarot, namely Tarot game playing, is implicitly denied by the manner in which Google translates some French language pages. -- 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.
