I had been skipping this one because I couldn’t figure it out. Google translate kept calling the title “statistician”, and manually typing it into a translator was giving me the same thing. For some reason it thought for a little longer today and finally gave me a title that makes sense: “works as an extra”
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Asked a Hungarian speaking person. The correct translation is extra. Like for example a person on a film set that is in the scene in the background.
I don’t speak Hungarian, but the Norwegian word for Extra is “statist”, as in someone who is part of a static set. I would think the Hungarian word has a similar meaning/origin, and that the lack of context threw the translator off.
Same in German.
That’s probably the origin for the Hungarian. Ton of words borrowed from our EU daddy.
“A woman never tells.”
“But we’re paying you!”
“A street worker never tells either.”
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lieutenantdirector DanHow do you go from “statitician” to “works as an extra”? Is this some Hungarian (assuming its Hungarian) idiom?
Native Hungarian here, statiszta means extra at a shooting, statisztál is a less often uses slightly archaic derivative meaning “acts as a statiszta”.
I have no idea, but it’s wild that the translator gives different answers based on absolutely no change in input. I’m literally just reloading it and watching the definition change.
9/10 times it says “statistician”, but every so often it says “works as an extra”
I wonder if Google Translate is using A.I. behind the hood now? I see no other reason that would cause fluctuating results
In german “statist” has this exact meaning, so it immediately made sense to me.
That makes sense. When I delete letters on the end, it keeps guessing “extra”, so there must be a similar base word.
Statiszta is the base
Have you tried the deepl translator? You can click on the translation and it gives alternatives.
People have recommended it before, but this is the first time I’ve truly seen a limitation like this. Will have to use next time.
You can sign up for the free version. It has a character limit per month, but it is reasonable.
in many european languages, the word “extra” (as in a background character) translates as “statist” or some variation thereof.
Okey, I laught
