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by romseb 3059 days ago
Put a period at the end of the sentence and it changes from

> Segelschiffe in rauer See verlangen Ärger.

to

> Segelschiffe in rauher See sind ein Problem.

1 comments

The translating software can't distinguish between 'sailing ships' the noun, and 'sailing' (verb) 'ships' (noun) the act. The latter is what is probably intended. It is also missing chances of using idiomatic expressions in the translations.
Well, 'is' is singular so it can’t be the correct verb associated to 'sailing ships' if the latter means multiple sailing ships rather than the activity of sailing ships.