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by Freak_NL 3065 days ago
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.
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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.