How reliable is Google Translate?

You shouldn't use google translate It may be right sometimes....but its mostly wrong. I used it for English to spanishor Spanish to English,and I found out that it wasn't tht trustworthy. For example If u typed in fly, how doyou know if the translate put the right kind of fly???? And do not use google translate for spanish homework or for other languages. They mix up the verb tenses a lot!!!!!

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Google translate isn't word for word, but it does translate the gist of the message. I use it to read my facebook messages from my Danish friend.