Off topic: Especially for Latvian translators (and possibly others) - competition is increasing :) :) Thread poster: Uldis Liepkalns
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Uldis Liepkalns 
Latvia
Local time: 17:51
Member (2003)
English to Latvian
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Dear colleagues, competition in our field of business increases daily:
http://www.3a-link.com.pl/latviesu/
Warning- please do not hold cups of coffee anywhere near the keyboard while viewing.
For other colleagues: the point is that in the Latvian version of the site (all pages) no Latvian word contains more than 3 spelling mistakes and none less than one, averag... See more
| | | | Gilda Manara
Italy
Local time: 16:51
German to Italian
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| Italian translation | Aug 7, 2004 |
the best I can say is a merciful "no comment" !!!!
Gilda
Uldis Liepkalns wrote: As the site can be viewed in some 12 more languages, it would be interesting to know quality of these… Uldis, still enjoying
| | | | Robert Zawadzki (X)
Local time: 16:51
English to Polish
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| There is an error 403 when you select a Polish version | Aug 7, 2004 |
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| | | | avsie (X)
Local time: 16:51
English to French
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| French isn't *too* bad... | Aug 7, 2004 |
French isn't *too* bad, but there are a few errors, or bad choice of words here and there. But it's of a much better quality than I expected, after reading your comments on Latvian and Italian
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Ukrainian version is also as "far from perfect" as Russian is.
They are very similar, it seems like the machine translation was used...
| | | | | Dutch is not so bad either... | Aug 7, 2004 |
Although it is far from good.. I wonder how they had it translated.
| | | | pidzej
Poland
Local time: 16:51
Polish to English
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| Are you translator? | Aug 7, 2004 |
This says it all!
| | | | Will Matter
United States
Local time: 07:51
English
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| English version is not too bad... | Aug 7, 2004 |
Except for overusing the word 'complex' the English version is not too bad. Wish there was a Japanese version, i'd like to see it :0)
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Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Local time: 17:51
Member (2003)
English to Latvian
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TOPIC STARTER
but that is by default- all of us know some English...
(While Latvian translation you can always order to be done in India or Wherever (No offence to India or Wherever meant):)).
Which seems to be the case. One Latvian colleague sent me special thanks for warning about the coffee cup- says it saved him some expenses...
Uldis
willmatter wrote:
Except for overusing the word 'complex' the English version is not too bad. Wish there was a Japanese version, i'd like to see it :0)
| | | | | Not that bad for EUR 0.03 per word | Aug 9, 2004 |
The Danish version is not that bad either. It contains some spelling errors, but the language seems stiff and dead, not very promoting. Wondering how and who...
| | | | Pernille Chapman
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:51
Member (2004)
English to Danish
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Reading your comments, I was quite looking forward to a good laugh when checking the Danish version. However, it's not really that bad, and definitely not a MT product. What puzzles me is that the style and vocabulary is actually rather good most of the time, yet there is a remarkable sprinkling of spelling mistakes (typos?) and split compounds. Would love to hear what other Danes think of this...
Could have held on to my coffee after all, but thanks for pointing us towards this one... See more Reading your comments, I was quite looking forward to a good laugh when checking the Danish version. However, it's not really that bad, and definitely not a MT product. What puzzles me is that the style and vocabulary is actually rather good most of the time, yet there is a remarkable sprinkling of spelling mistakes (typos?) and split compounds. Would love to hear what other Danes think of this...
Could have held on to my coffee after all, but thanks for pointing us towards this one. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Local time: 17:51
Member (2003)
English to Latvian
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TOPIC STARTER
My back translation to English:
"Gaidâ ðeit uz Kundzçm un Kungiem turklât 3000 tulkotâjus, gatavus katrâ mirkïî izpildît Kundzîbas vçlçðânus saistîtus ar tulkojumiem"
"Waitin here on Ladies and Gentelman beside 3000 what translators ready at any monmetn to carry out Overlordshipings deesigrees connected with translations"
(I specially tried to convey also the spelling).
... See more My back translation to English:
"Gaidâ ðeit uz Kundzçm un Kungiem turklât 3000 tulkotâjus, gatavus katrâ mirkïî izpildît Kundzîbas vçlçðânus saistîtus ar tulkojumiem"
"Waitin here on Ladies and Gentelman beside 3000 what translators ready at any monmetn to carry out Overlordshipings deesigrees connected with translations"
(I specially tried to convey also the spelling).
If your a Latvian, you cannot read this without convulsions...
Besides- the very second character on the page- Latvian has no letter "w".
Uldis
Pernille Chapman wrote:
Reading your comments, I was quite looking forward to a good laugh when checking the Danish version. However, it's not really that bad, and definitely not a MT product.
Could have held on to my coffee after all, but thanks for pointing us towards this one.
[Edited at 2004-08-09 11:10] ▲ Collapse
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| I agree, Uldi! | Aug 10, 2004 |
The Latvian is terrible!
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Gilda Manara wrote: the best I can say is a merciful "no comment" !!!! Gilda
... we can forgive them for writing "macedonico" and "portogese", can't we?
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