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Can anyone please translate this message?

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SquirtleSquad · 15/08/2020 22:36

I'm not sure of the language. I was trying to negotiate buying a children's bike on Facebook market place and he's started replying with angry face emojis and sending me this message over and over when I made him an offer.

Can anyone translate it?

Can anyone please translate this message?
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SuperLoudPoppingAction · 15/08/2020 22:39

It looks like arabic script. Google translate is fairly good for Arabic so it might be worth using the new picture scanning feature

a12345b · 15/08/2020 22:41

It isnt arabic, could be urdu maybe?

ShellsAndSunrises · 15/08/2020 22:41

Copy and paste it into google translate, with “detect” selected as the country? It’s pretty good.

xyzandabc · 15/08/2020 22:42

Google lens says it Persian and translates as:

We were all human beings until race cut us off, separated religion, built a wall of politics, and built class capital. Gandhi

I have no idea how correct that is though, just what Google says.

UselessTrees · 15/08/2020 22:43

Google translate says it's:

"We were all human beings until the race cut us off, religion separated us, politics built a wall, and so on
Construction floor capital. Gandhi"

Confused
SquirtleSquad · 15/08/2020 22:44

@xyzandabc thank you so much for finding that. Not sure if it's correct what relevance it has, maybe I really offended him with my offer Blush

I couldn't copy and paste the text into translate because it was an image but it's really helpful to know google translate has a picture reader!! Thank you.

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WhoWouldHaveThoughtThat · 15/08/2020 22:45

Well my guess is that it's not going to be nice. I would ignore it and move on with your life...Smile

ShellsAndSunrises · 15/08/2020 22:45

It appears to be a Gandhi quote in Persian...

“We were all human beings until race cut us off, separated religion, built a wall of politics, and built class capital. Gandhi”

Lacey2019 · 15/08/2020 22:46

Block them. Very odd

Bumbrella · 15/08/2020 22:46

Did the bike belong to Gandhi?

SquirtleSquad · 15/08/2020 22:46

Yeah definitely won't be arranging to meet up to buy a £20 kids bike seems really off.

Maybe just a case of being a bit lost in translation..

Thank you again!

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SquirtleSquad · 15/08/2020 22:47

@Bumbrella did Gandhi like red Spider Man toddler bikes!? Grin

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xyzandabc · 15/08/2020 22:48

[quote SquirtleSquad]@xyzandabc thank you so much for finding that. Not sure if it's correct what relevance it has, maybe I really offended him with my offer Blush

I couldn't copy and paste the text into translate because it was an image but it's really helpful to know google translate has a picture reader!! Thank you.[/quote]
I used Google lens rather than Google translate, I don't think they are quite the same thing. Lens, you just point your phone camera at the text and it automatically translates. It's fab if you're abroad, was a life saver helping us buy tram tickets from a machine in Belgium!

Bumbrella · 15/08/2020 22:48

Haha maybe not then 😂

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