From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: liam{at}valentijn.nu
Subject: Re: Here's your universal translator

ToolPackinMama schreef op 15-1-2014 17:30:
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http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/star-trek-type-translator-hits-market-month/ncgH7/
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LOL
I hope this thing is a lot better than Google Translate or Bing or 
whatever. I've seen automatic translations on line that made me cringe.

Just imagine. You're walking in a country were you really don't know the 
language, you ask a totally innocent question, you wait for the machine 
to translate, and then get slapped in the face! ;-)

Otoh, human translators make plenty of mistakes as well.
We in The Netherlands use subs and there were times I wanted to shout 
(to the translators as it were): "You're Fired!" :-)
For instance, sometimes they translate something like 'cascade failure' 
like it was 'the cascades are failing'!

-- 
Wouter Valentijn http://www.j3v.net

"Nothing in Hell can stop the Timberwolves"

Motto of the 104th Infantry Division (United States)

http://zeppodunsel.blogspot.nl/

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