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18 July 2019, 11:51 | Updated: 18 July 2019, 12:04
Why is Google so unsure of itself when it comes to the great composers and their works?
A few months ago, we discovered a weird quirk in the ‘English-Latin’ setting of Google Translate, which mistranslates all classical composers’ names.
Beethoven translates to Brahms, Schubert is translated as ‘Ferdinand’ (literally who knows), and poor old Vivaldi translates as just ‘Unknown’.
And now, we’ve found another... here’s what happens when you search ‘how many symphonies did [composer] write’ in Google.