Re: Translate easy the language of the web site
| From: | Jacob Marble | Date: | Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:51:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Translate easy the language of the web site | ||
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Exactly, thanks. Have you guys tried those on-line translators like
Google's? Another big problem is conjugated verbs in Spanish. They remind
me of those wacky mad-libs books in elementary school... :-)
"John Hicks" <johnlist@gulfbridge.net> wrote in message
news:200306140438.h5E4c6r10183@localhost.localdomain...
> 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