Since I was a kid, people have asked me, “What does your last name mean?”
I have a variety of favorite answers.
Last night I thought I’d see what Google Translate thought about it.
As you can see, I put it on “detect language” and translated into Portuguese.
Of course, I had only a guess at what the Portuguese meant, so I had to back-translate it to English:
Awwwww. This makes perfect sense! My family has had charming facial expressions for generations.
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It’s amazing how accurate and beautiful Google has become.
In case you don’t believe it, here’s what my name means in Greek!
Okay. Now I gotta go try it on “Forasteros.”
How about you? Any good translations stories?