Re: Translate easy the language of the web site
| From: | John Hicks | Date: | Sat, 14 Jun 2003 04:38:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Translate easy the language of the web site | ||
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On Friday 13 June 2003 03:00 pm, you wrote:
> On Saturday 14 June 2003 02:19, Jacob Marble wrote:
> > Amen; machine-translators are no good for something
> > that you don't want confused.
> > ie- english "season" could be "sazon" or "estacion" in
> > Spanish, which mean two different things.
>
> Never mind translation, "season" in English has more than
> one meaning.
I think that was his point. And the two meanings correspond to two different words in Spanish.
Most translation programs attempt to determine the intended meaning of such a word from its context.
But it's an imperfect science.
-J