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December 7

how to get source language in google translate?

Hi. I used Google Translate's image translation option to translate this image[1], while it successfully gave me the English translation, I was actually hoping to get the name of the source language, and also the original text in the source language.

I need the original text because then I can look up other translations. The current translation, while correct, does not provide enough context for me.

Is there any way to do that? Liberté2 (talk) 19:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the text is written in the Gurmukhi script, so it is most likely Punjabi. --Lambiam 23:54, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to say ਸੰਤ ਭਿਡਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ, which Google translate does translate as "Saint brothers".^[2] --Lambiam 00:14, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And if you paste that string into Google Translate, it shows "Punjabi - detected". I'm surprised the image option doesn't work the same way. --142.112.220.31 (talk) 00:36, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed curious. Unlike for translated texts, the "Swap languages" feature (⇌) is not enabled for images either. --Lambiam 15:41, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the image is meant to represent Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, and a more reasonable translation of the caption is "Sant Bhindranwale". He is referred to here as "the late Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale", "Sant" being the transliteration of (descendants of) Sanskrit सत्, used as a honorific for a revered wise and good person. The term is also used as a translation of "Saint", although the similarity of the words is purely accidental. --Lambiam 00:44, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]