Re: Automatic translation tool for web pages (Google)

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/11/2009, at 7:12 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

> This is very timely, David.  I have an application on the plate that  
> calls for translating browser-based email messages from English to  
> Spanish.  Thanks for the tip.

Automatic translation tools are OK as a first cut but you need a  
native language speaker to edit. The Google tools do a great job of  
translating as you can tell by translating a foreign web page into  
English but the result, although generally comprehensible, is often  
very strange to a native speaker as you can tell by translating a  
foreign web page into English.

The result looks translated and in many cases a native speaker will go  
WTF?

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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