AI AND PHRASEOLOGY
In my previous post, I dealt with the Spanish idiomatic expression caerse de un guindo , and gave to fall off a turnip truck as its equivalent in English. Today I consulted my AI version and asked it to translate caerse de un guindo into English: "The Spanish phrase "Caerse de un guindo" translates literally as "to fall from a cherry tree." However, it's an idiomatic expression meaning someone is naive, gullible, or unaware of something obvious, as if they had just realized something for the first time. A more natural translation in context might be: "To be clueless." "To be naive." "To have just woken up to reality." "Have you been living under a rock?" As far as bilingual phraseology is concerned, AI is still wet behind the ears. Please, tread carefully when using it. (Have you been living under a rock?)4o
