I am Google! According to Google Translate...

Technology » Internet » Websites » Google - 05/12/2007

Today I noticed something strange in Google Translate. I tried to translate a text document, that contained the word Google. When I checked the translated text, I noticed that Google's algorithm translated it's own name to something else: my name!

I couldn't explain than, but to check if it was my own fault, I tried to enter into the text box just one word: "Google".
It should return Google again, right?

Well.. It didn't. Once again it returned my name instead of Google: Γιάννης (Yannis).

Is it something like a Google's joke? you enter it's name and it returns yours? Who knows?

If you want to check in your language (mine is Greek btw), go to Google Translate.

Any comment could be useful...

(a biger screenshot)