• doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    You would think after 17 years they would have improved the Google Translate a bit more than they have.

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      11 months ago

      Well, it actually translates to “baguette magique”, so nothing to fix, here at least.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t pretend to speak French but do they actually call a magical stick a Baguette Magique or wouldn’t some other synonym be more fitting?

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          11 months ago

          They actually call it a Baguette Magique.

          Source: I’m french. (Also, look at the other comments, they explain it better than I could)

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      11 months ago

      For one, it’s not google translate. And for another the translation is correct. I actually took a look at Harry Potter with french dub as I couldn’t believe it either and they definitely called their wands “baguette”. Also confirmed by other comments here.