http://www.justinlong.org/2010/07/google-docs-translates-to-53-languages/ Justin Long on the unevangelized, mobilizing missionaries, swarms, and other mission issues. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.justinlong.org/2010/07/google-docs-translates-to-53-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Justin Long Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:11:45 +0000 http://www.justinlong.org/?p=1452#comment-690 Machine translation always has its difficulties. I wonder if the machine translation is "good enough" to get the point across (for rudimentary documents & communication)? Also, would it be useful to translate documents using machine translation or would the "clean up" work be too much? Machine translation always has its difficulties. I wonder if the machine translation is “good enough” to get the point across (for rudimentary documents & communication)? Also, would it be useful to translate documents using machine translation or would the “clean up” work be too much?

]]> http://www.justinlong.org/2010/07/google-docs-translates-to-53-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Howard Culbertson Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:02:59 +0000 http://www.justinlong.org/?p=1452#comment-689 The Haitian Creole version of that explanatory paragraph would also need quite a bit of cleaning up for it to be understandable. For instance, it mistook "reports" for a noun rather than a verb. The Haitian Creole version of that explanatory paragraph would also need quite a bit of cleaning up for it to be understandable. For instance, it mistook “reports” for a noun rather than a verb.

]]> http://www.justinlong.org/2010/07/google-docs-translates-to-53-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Howard Culbertson Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:24 +0000 http://www.justinlong.org/?p=1452#comment-688 I tried translating that explanatory paragraph into Italian. It is an extremely literal word-for-word translation rather than it being a translation of the meaning of phrases. I tried translating that explanatory paragraph into Italian. It is an extremely literal word-for-word translation rather than it being a translation of the meaning of phrases.

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