tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post4010995062560938566..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: Trans - LateHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-35742904826823918632011-03-12T12:55:11.828-05:002011-03-12T12:55:11.828-05:00@Melissa; yes, I hope nobody 'hacks' Googl...@Melissa; yes, I hope nobody 'hacks' Google translate some time and we get the computer equivalent of the Monty Python "Hungarian Phrase Book" sketch some time. LOL<br />"my hovercraft is full of eels", etc.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbflkF_1zY<br /><br /><br />Thank for testing it out Ariel. I hope others will let me know how it works out for them too!<br /Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-5189773564931271272011-03-12T12:44:26.400-05:002011-03-12T12:44:26.400-05:00The French came out pretty well. Close enough anyw...The French came out pretty well. Close enough anyway.<br /><br />One thing that's difficult for software translators is colloquial speech. The more informally we write -- and most of us tend to do that when blogging -- the more difficult it is to get an accurate translation.<br /><br />As well, English is not an inflected language. "Throw the cow over the fence some hay" would not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-21271205772177095532011-03-12T11:54:58.554-05:002011-03-12T11:54:58.554-05:00Translators are pretty cool. Like spell check prog...Translators are pretty cool. Like spell check programs, they aren't always completely accurate, but they are close enough most of the time, that you don't have to worry that "You look lovely today!" comes out as, "Today, like a goat you look!" <br /><br />The Yoda thing seems to be a trait of foreign language sentence structure. German is the only other language I'Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600684740584460891noreply@blogger.com