Azure Translator service returns incorrect alignment information from Danish to English

Question

Hi, not sure it's a proper place for this, but Azure Translator translation endpoint returns incorrect alignment information when translating from Danish to English.

For the following text:

"Københavns Politi blev mandag aften kaldt ud til et masseslagsmål i Fields."

It returns the following translation:

"On Monday evening, the Copenhagen Police were called out to a mass brawl in Fields."

And following alignment:

"0:9-0:1 0:9-17:17 11:16-34:39 18:21-41:44 23:28-3:8 30:34-10:16 36:40-46:51 42:43-53:55 45:47-57:58 49:50-60:60 52:64-62:65 52:64-67:71 66:66-73:74 68:73-76:81 74:74-82:82".

If we map the first range to the appropriate translations ranges we receive "Københavns"-"On ,"

Answer 1

Hi dmagunov,
Greetings & Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum! Thanks for posting your query!

The issue you highlighted regarding incorrect alignment information in the Azure Translator service when translating from Danish to English is important, and we appreciate you bringing it to our attention. To help address this, I encourage you to submit a feature request to the Azure Feedback Forum. This platform allows users to suggest improvements and share valuable feedback directly with Microsoft for future updates. When submitting your request, please include specific details about the issue, such as the input text, the translation provided, and the alignment data returned, to help the team better understand and address the problem. You can share your idea using the following link: Azure Feedback Forum.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you have any further queries.

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