Comments on: Read my posts in different languages http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/ Where the urethane hits the pavement Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:34:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gh http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18643 gh Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:58:28 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18643 "Maybe a tag system could help them to find the right context for a post (or a poteaux)." indeed, it would be nice to have tags like \unstranslatable{ }, or \proper_noun{}, or even to add part-of-speech information to a word, when we know it's a homonym : "\verb{time} flies" vs. "time \verb{flies}"... “Maybe a tag system could help them to find the right context for a post (or a poteaux).”

indeed, it would be nice to have tags like \unstranslatable{ }, or \proper_noun{},
or even to add part-of-speech information to a word, when we know it’s a homonym : “\verb{time} flies” vs. “time \verb{flies}”…

]]> By: Leo Kislov http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18621 Leo Kislov Tue, 22 May 2007 09:33:59 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18621 Translation correction is only available for ar, ru and zh because they use google own statistical translation engine. Other engines are not Google developed so Google is not interested in improving them. Actually I don't agree with comment #4 by Peter A. Shevtsov. I think Russian translation is not that bad, it's just the quality is not even. Some part of the translation are pretty good despite the fact that the source is not easy. But some parts are really bad to the point that translation inverts the meaning! As I understand Google has trouble finding big sources of parallel text that's why the quality is so variable. Translation correction is only available for ar, ru and zh because they use google own statistical translation engine. Other engines are not Google developed so Google is not interested in improving them. Actually I don’t agree with comment #4 by Peter A. Shevtsov. I think Russian translation is not that bad, it’s just the quality is not even. Some part of the translation are pretty good despite the fact that the source is not easy. But some parts are really bad to the point that translation inverts the meaning! As I understand Google has trouble finding big sources of parallel text that’s why the quality is so variable.

]]> By: J5 http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18620 J5 Tue, 22 May 2007 02:41:36 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18620 Interesting enough the translation editing is only available for ar, ru and zh-CN. Suxzors Interesting enough the translation editing is only available for ar, ru and zh-CN. Suxzors

]]> By: antono http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18619 antono Mon, 21 May 2007 22:09:56 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18619 what do you think about Esperanto? I thik it's more auto-translatable language :) what do you think about Esperanto? I thik it’s more auto-translatable language :)

]]> By: швайн http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18618 швайн Mon, 21 May 2007 22:08:11 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18618 Заибись! Заибись!

]]> By: J5 http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18617 J5 Mon, 21 May 2007 22:05:08 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18617 Um actually google allows you to do this already. If you click on a paragraph it give you the option to give a better translation. Not sure how much I like the idea of the community doing this for a closed database though. Um actually google allows you to do this already. If you click on a paragraph it give you the option to give a better translation. Not sure how much I like the idea of the community doing this for a closed database though.

]]> By: Chris Cunningham http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18616 Chris Cunningham Mon, 21 May 2007 20:53:20 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18616 Woo! Thanks for this. (Heh. Wonder if it's possible to hook up posts to Canonical's Rosetta thing and get the community to translate them.) - Chris Woo! Thanks for this. (Heh. Wonder if it’s possible to hook up posts to Canonical’s Rosetta thing and get the community to translate them.)

– Chris

]]> By: Michael http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18615 Michael Mon, 21 May 2007 13:56:17 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18615 Haha! Funny translation, albeit quite difficult to read and understand in the new context it has been put in. "Pfosten" as a translation of "post" is entertaining already, but the word "Steckverbindungsverzeichnis" made my day: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=Steckverbindungsverzeichnis&btnG=Google-Suche&meta= Haha! Funny translation, albeit quite difficult to read and understand in the new context it has been put in. “Pfosten” as a translation of “post” is entertaining already, but
the word “Steckverbindungsverzeichnis” made my day:

http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=Steckverbindungsverzeichnis&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=

]]> By: andre http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18614 andre Mon, 21 May 2007 11:42:23 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18614 oh my god, the german version is really not easy to understand, it even got typos in the german words. i think i understood two sentences in the end... i once used such tools at school to translate text from german to english and back again, and used the results for some homework papers. the teacher was not amused and reduced my points, and it looks like such tools have not much improved in the last 7 years. :-/ oh my god, the german version is really not easy to understand, it even got typos in the german words. i think i understood two sentences in the end…
i once used such tools at school to translate text from german to english and back again, and used the results for some homework papers. the teacher was not amused and reduced my points, and it looks like such tools have not much improved in the last 7 years. :-/

]]> By: Peter A. Shevtsov http://www.j5live.com/2007/05/20/read-my-posts-in-different-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-18613 Peter A. Shevtsov Mon, 21 May 2007 09:21:34 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=373#comment-18613 That was owful! I've tried the Russian translation and I find it so hard to understand :( That was owful!

I’ve tried the Russian translation and I find it so hard to understand :(

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