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[โ€“] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 154 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Aha lets test my Chinese skills.

My life over here is terrible.
Work environment is not very good (or not very bad, too blurry for me to read), benefits are few
But don't need to worry, every day has about 10 people getting heavily injured
But I am very careful
I opened a small store, bussiness is not [unknown character]
Although I am not very familiar with English, but can still [Idk what this part says]
Can understand the words those white people speak
Hope I can [find a better life here?] I will work hard here, and
Will be careful with my body (becareful with not injuring my body)
Are you (plural) still good?
Very miss you (plural), wish we can meet again

That's my 2nd grade level understanding of Chinese ๐Ÿ˜…

(I am a former citizen of China, if you are curious how I know this. Now I am a US Citizen. Haven't spoken Mandarin or written in Chinese for 10+ years. I speak Cantonese at home not Mandarin)

[โ€“] Falafels@aussie.zone 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm impressed you remember it! Unless you're in 3rd grade now, in which case it's not as impressive.

[โ€“] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the internet, nobody knows you're a third-grader ๐Ÿ˜‰

Hey you know what's weird. I can remember a language I haven't used for 10+ years, yet I can't remember my Bitwarden password 2 days after changing it. ๐Ÿฅฒ

[โ€“] jarfil 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All this 24/7 surveillance and user tracking, they can pinpoint whether you're a 3rd grader now.

Back in the day...

[โ€“] Ravi@feddit.de 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me Lense that for you:

[โ€“] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not a fan of Google's ad and privacy practices but damn they've built some really amazing stuff.

[โ€“] ilost7489@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Googles translation software is definitely pretty cool. I've been able to use it to talk with people who couldn't speak English before (although not the most coherently) which is pretty cool when the alternative is not being able to speak to each other

[โ€“] XTornado@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

The prompt sounded like someone trying to bypass ChatGPT limitations ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] 30p87@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

I'm amazed google lens managed to actually translate it reasonably well from a screenshot of a photo of written text.

[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand a word in chinese, but I hope they did a good job. I'd love to know what it says.

I have a 2nd grade level of understanding if you want to read my other comment. ๐Ÿ˜