Google Translate Totally Fails Foreign Couples Trying to Say Their Wedding Vows in English

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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to join these couples in holy matrimony. And to compare ElaN Languages with Google Translate when it comes to translating international couple's wedding vows, written in their native languages, to English. 

In this amusing campaign for ElaN, from J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam, three real couples—not actors—ran the vows through both online translation tools, and read the results in English at their actual ceremonies. The translations were derived from Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Dutch and Norwegian. 

One shoot took place at a wedding, one during a rehearsal and another at a renewal of vows.

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