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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: helpful? note: babelfish.altavista.digital.com language translator
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date:       1997-12-31 1:15:33
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> 
> Having seen people apologizing for using their native language on the
> list, I suggest taking a look at http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com
> . They have a nifty little natural language translator to or from
> English, with target languages including German, French, Italian,
> Spanish, and Portuguese. It may not be perfect, but at least for me it
> makes German significantly easier to figure out. It'd be a shame if
> people are hesitant to contribute to the list just because they don't
> feel comfortable with english (the "Microsoft" of languages :) ). 
> 
This computer translators need a lot of research. I once used this one
as a joke and wanted to translated something like "from now on we can
talk in German" (wir koennen uns in Deutsch unterhalten) and the (a very
expensive one) translator translated "we can amuse now ourself in German",
what doesn't make any sense. Of course, he is right. THe word "unterhalten"
means both, amuse and talk, but in connection to German he must know, that
I'm speaking about talk ;)

Sorry for being offtopic

Greets, Stephan

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Stephan Kulow (coolo@kde.org)
Student of medical CS
Medical University of Luebeck
                                 
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