I initially thought that 僕は神様 meant "I am God", but when putting it through
Google Translate, I've instead received "My God" as the English translation.
Is the latter equally or more likely to be the correct translation?
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Translating "僕は神様"
Google Translate uses a statistical model based on documents humans have
translated to guess what the most likely translation is. All translations are
machine generated and there is little to no human review; though you can mark
a translation as inaccurate and it (might) have some effect on future
translations of that phrase.

As pointed out in the comments, Google Translate can often have inaccurate
translations or translations that change dramatically depending on what
punctuation or particles are present. In my personal use, I see it perform
okay on nouns but struggle with grammar, _especially_ if negation is involved.
I've even seen it translate the exact same text differently on different days.

For words, I would recommend just using a dictionary. For sentences or
phrases, try looking for example sentences that match or are similar to what
you have. Our [resource
section](https://japanese.meta.stackexchange.com/a/761/162) has some
suggestions.
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