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(Message started by: batistajm on Apr 15^th, 2004, 6:17pm)

Title: MACHINE TRANSLATION
Post by batistajm on Apr 15^th, 2004, 6:17pm

I know this will hurt but I have to say it anyway: please DO NOT use machine translation! I am portuguese and I honestly cannot understand 95% of the sentences the machine supposedly translates into portuguese - keep it in "international english" ( a language that our british and american friends have some difficulty understanding but nevertheless is the closest thing to an universal language ).

By the way how do you call a person that is able to speak two languages?

- Bilingue (int'l english)

What do you call someone who is able to speak multiple languages?

- Multilingual (int'l english)

What do you call someone who is able to speak only one language?

- A gringo ( universal english)

What do you call something that is not able to speak a single language?

- A f***g machine ( universal lingo)

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: MACHINE TRANSLATION
Post by Support Staff on Apr 19^th, 2004, 8:49am

We know that the machine translation is really bad.... often it is also funny :-)
To say one in Italian the word "download" is translated with something like "link to the satellite".

By the way we are working to a portuguese EasyWebEditor.... we had to pause this project but it is likely we'll restart it soon... stay tuned!