Saturday, July 26, 2014
Sunday, July 06, 2014
Google translate fun
Some cool things you can do to check how Google Translate works. For example, does it always translate language to language, or does it first translate into English, and then into the target language?
This can be tested in some interesting ways. If you know Italian and German, check this out:
And if you know Italian and Chinese, check this out:
Notice the mistakes, and what caused them?
I originally got these from here: http://www.quora.com/Google-Translate/Is-it-true-that-when-translating-from-to-any-language-other-than-English-Google-Translate-translates-to-English-in-the-backend-software-before-translating-to-the-language-Ive-chosen
This can be tested in some interesting ways. If you know Italian and German, check this out:
And if you know Italian and Chinese, check this out:
Notice the mistakes, and what caused them?
I originally got these from here: http://www.quora.com/Google-Translate/Is-it-true-that-when-translating-from-to-any-language-other-than-English-Google-Translate-translates-to-English-in-the-backend-software-before-translating-to-the-language-Ive-chosen
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Opened two articles back to back, both with the same error. One was an online list (so to be expected), but the other was the Wall Street Journal's website. Anyone editors out there want to send your resume to them?
This was an update from How to be a Successful Freelance Translator http://ift.tt/1oQEdWf.
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