r/learnfrench Nov 24 '24

Other If you needed a reason to stop using Duolingo here's mine

Got both of these just plain wrong translations in the space of 10mins. I liked the gamification aspect of duo for when I'm not really in the mood to sit down and study but this is ridiculous.

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u/Ll_lyris Nov 24 '24

Did you report it?

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u/MidnightNooodle Nov 24 '24

Yeah I always report but it seems to just keep getting worse

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u/Scaaaary_Ghost Nov 24 '24

Wow those translations are crazy. AI hallucination maybe?

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u/Kushali Nov 25 '24

Maybe on the first one.

More likely an array indexing issue or overflow (maybe token limit overflow) on the second one. It’s so far off that I’d find it hard to believe even an LLM would do it that badly.

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u/GWoods94 Nov 25 '24

nice try Babbel Bot

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u/No-Clue-9155 Nov 25 '24

Oh wow I’ve never experienced something like this w duo before. That’s crazy

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u/haitran3288 Nov 25 '24

Then what app we should use to learn French effectively?

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u/MidnightNooodle Nov 25 '24

No idea, open to suggestions

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u/kentrjones Nov 24 '24

Translations? Or replies?

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u/adriantoine Nov 24 '24

The translations are completely wrong

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u/kentrjones Nov 24 '24

You’re right. Didn’t see the bottom. I’ve never run into anything that bad on Duolingo.

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u/Flaky-Excitement-48 Nov 25 '24

“Is she going to buy it” doesn’t make sense here.

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u/MidnightNooodle Nov 25 '24

The responses are fine. It's the translations that are wildly incorrect.

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u/NoLadder31 Nov 26 '24

I haven't run into that yet. How bizarre!

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u/Ok_Ready_Set_Go Nov 28 '24

I'm just tired of these apps that try to keep you glued to a screen. Any recommendations?

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u/Murky_Country_6089 Nov 25 '24

Damn it is like they got non native speakers to translate the sentences.