for the uninformed: google translate is NOT good at translating arabic, not even modern standard arabic (which is what is used in formal contexts and thus what google’s best at). it’s pretty fucking helpless at translating dialects, e.g., palestinian dialect.
so if you chucklefucks could please keep that in mind next time you feel the need to enter an arabic speaker’s inbox and say “google translate says something different than your translation,” that would be fantastic.
the same type of twee “well ackshually” liberal types on this site harp on the dangers of AI all the time, but when it comes to the arabic language, suddenly they trust machine translation over fluent speakers (not me, i ask my mutuals who are better at arabic than i am for help all the time). it reeks of racism lmao


