tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post5631580857973000491..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Lost in translationBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-69401660327001811712010-03-26T13:32:20.812-04:002010-03-26T13:32:20.812-04:00For a good time, try http://translationparty.com
...For a good time, try http://translationparty.com<br /><br />It will translate any phrase from English to Japanese and back again until it "converges" on a phrase that is the same in English after a round-trip through Japanese. Very amusing.Nathaniel Borensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232212556909107350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-35170128725059513972010-03-26T10:39:39.723-04:002010-03-26T10:39:39.723-04:00Google translator, seems to be at the Beta stage. ...Google translator, seems to be at the Beta stage. I once tested a simple phrase in Persian-- "Please come to our house for dinner at 8 pm tonight" and the English translation was: "Please at 8 tonight for dinner to bring to our home online" :-)HRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878736466726525657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-57369615010059379902010-03-15T17:06:36.249-04:002010-03-15T17:06:36.249-04:00I recall an early MT of a German call for papers (...I recall an early MT of a German call for papers (it was a test); it did fairly well until it hit Dr Karl-Ernst Whateverhisnamewas. Who became Dr. Karl-Seriously Whatever.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.com