Google Translate gets rid of some gender biases

[NelsonG]

Google is by no means perfect when it comes to issues relating to gender, but it’s clear the company is trying. Google recently made some important changes to its Translate tool — reducing gender bias by providing both masculine and feminine translations for gender-neutral words. Previously, Google would default gender-neutral words to the masculine form.

This comes after Google has been specifically called out for its biases in translate and autocomplete. Back in February, Forbes reported how examples of gender bias in Translate began popping up on social media.

“So when the model produced one translation, it inadvertently replicated gender biases that already existed,” Google Translate Product Manager James Kuczmarski wrote on the company blog. “For example: it would skew masculine for words like ‘strong’ or ‘doctor,’ and feminine for other words, like ‘nurse’ or ‘beautiful.'”

Now, Google will offer both feminine and masculine translations for single words when translating from English to French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish, as well as when translating from Turkish to English. Down the road, Google says it does plan to address non-binary gender in translations. Google will also eventually bring this to its iOS and Android apps, and address gender biases in auto-complete.

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[DartManson]

There shouldn't be any genders anyway!!

[Raywaytut]

You know there's no gender anymore and all of that BS. Watch out for the people who support the non-existence of science!!! LMAO. What's that Google translate? I don't even get it... Come on, they're all delusional, don't you think so? I'll even stop using it. Besides, it doesn't even translate that well sometimes. Especially when it comes to more complex phrases. Google is lost when it sees more than 3 words, like come on. Now, I use a company that does the translation for a living. It may be costing me something, but at least I know it's the proper translation, not some BS that even a robot doesn't know how to read it.