On May 12, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

It will be a while before it becomes a philosopher -- 

Aleksandar Uskokov

Lector in Sanskrit 

South Asian Studies Council, Yale University 

203-432-1972 | aleksandar.uskokov@yale.edu 

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From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 1:31 PM
To: Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com>
Cc: Indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Google Translate for Sanskrit

 

This is Google Translator for the first verse of Meghadūta:

"Someone is neglected by the teacher of separation from his lover:
Shapenastangmitamahima varshabhogyaena bhartu:
The yaksha bathed Janaka's daughter in the holy waters
I lived in the hermitages of Ramagiri among the lush shady trees."

GT could not figure out the long compounds, and "guru" got translated as "teacher." The syntax of the verse is also missed.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:17 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:

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Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:16 AM Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

It's quite remarkable:

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