How can we correct inaccurate translations?

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How can we correct inaccurate translations?

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I use the translation function for work to translate text from Japanese to English. I typically use this in TEAMS and OUTLOOK. Since August 8th, I've noticed an error in the translations I am seeing. Any time たい and タイ are translated to English, they appear as "Thailand." This is fine when referring to the country, but this happens even in the middle of a word.

For example:

 Type = タイプ

 Times = タイムズ

 To want to hear = ききたい

 To want to go = いきたい

 To want to connect = 繋げたい

 I would like to use it as a reference = 参考にしたいです

 I would like to have the sensor installed before the dust cover = ダストカバーよりも前にセンサをつけておきたいです

Each of these translated the たい or タイ to "Thailand."

I used the translation feature built-in to Microsoft Outlook and Teams to produce these results. This even applies to the "Live captions" feature in Teams. I also used the Microsoft translation application on my non-work smartphone, yielding the same "Thailand" result.

I didn't experience this before August 8th that I noticed, so I thought maybe there was a system update that was pushed out for all Microsoft-based software. Any help to get this remedied is appreciated.

Thank you.

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Hi! Chris Majercak,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community! I realize that you noticed that the translation function provided incorrect translations for some terms and I understand how you feel. Thank you for your detailed observations and suggestions, your ideas and suggestions are essential to improve Microsoft products, but this forum is primarily a technical communication platform and the Microsoft development team will not be concerned with this forum.

If you have any ideas or suggestions about Microsoft Office applications you can post them on the dedicated feedback platform Ideas · Community (microsoft.com), where specialized developers will pay attention and comment on your feedback. After sending your feedback, you can share the feedback link in this forum so that other users with similar problems, including me, can vote for your feedback and the more votes you get, the more likely you are to get attention from the development team. Thank you for your understanding and support. Microsoft takes user feedback very seriously and if you have any ideas or suggestions for the future, you can use the feedback channels mentioned above. Best Regards Eddy | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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