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Submitted by Michèle Picard on July 31, 2019, at 12:34

I would like to share with you a recent translation I saw that would likely be a typical "machine translation" as you call it.
This is what I saw at the bottom of a coffee cup:
English text: "Safe to use in microwave and dishwasher"
The Translation to French was: "Coffre-fort à utiliser au micro-ondes et lave-vaisselle."
Bonne journée,
Michèle
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