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		<title>Baking a Turd: Language polishing Google translate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My cousin, a music producer, told me: sure it&#8217;s possible to polish a turd. First you bake it, then lacquer it. I reflect on these words as I attempt to language polish the output of Google translate. I wonder what subtle principles of linguistics and aesthetics &#8212; principles of which we as sentient language speakers [...]]]></description>
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