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languages - translation
Last Post Nov 8, 2009 7:10 AM by: afantiques
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eileangfb
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languages - translation

Nov 13, 2003 1:36 AM
How do I convert spanish and chinese languages into english. I want to shop and can't read the items.
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Nov 7, 2009 9:46 AM
Dear longbeard12345,
You obviously did not check the service. The statement about human translation is absolutely correct . We also don't think that machine translation is good enough, and you are welcome to check it and see for yourself.
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Nov 7, 2009 10:22 AM
oh! Longbeard, I have not come to this forum in such a long time and (why am I not surprised?), it's still the same argument between people promoting automated traductions versus human ones...
Translating is a skill and, for those of us who do it as a job, it is not something which can be learned in a short time. Wake up people, either stick to your own language or go shopping where they will understand you in exchange for your $$$$
Nelly
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Nov 7, 2009 5:26 PM
I can help with German or French to English. I am studying for a degree in translation.
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Nov 7, 2009 9:56 PM
Go to Babblefish.com and they will translate it for you.
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afantiques
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Nov 8, 2009 5:50 AM
"Go to Babelfish.com and they will translate it for you."


But badly. Apart from myself, people do not write correctly spelled and grammatically correctly, they write slapdash jargon a human can read but a machine can't. You prove this by calling it babblefish.

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Nov 8, 2009 7:03 AM
Tooo funny!!! but it did work for me the one time I tried it. Is there a better one?
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Nov 8, 2009 7:10 AM
If you have a bit of a grasp of the language yourself, and know the context, you can get a general idea of what they mean. I'd never send a message translated thus. A clear English message is better than a garbled alien one.

I don't know if any are notably better than others.

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