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Off topic: Oprah Winfrey uses automatic translation Thread poster: Nina Khmielnitzky
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| Le club des ventilateurs | May 5, 2006 |
me laisse songeuse...
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Matteo Latini (X) 
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such a great laugh!
and wonderful publicity for ALS's service!!
Matteo
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| This isn't Oprah's site... | May 5, 2006 |
Er...it's a site by one of her "clubs de ventilateurs". They provide a link to the free machine translation site on the English (home) page. (And I agree with Matteo who was posting at the same time as me that this is really bad for ALS and may be a good plug for human translators).
I am sure that Oprah herself would never engage in anything so low-budget!
The "fan" club is good for a laugh, though!
Sara
[Edited at 2006-05-05 13:38]
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| Had a good laugh... | May 5, 2006 |
... reading the Portuguese and the French translations.
We can always contact them at "contact us" and suggest they change the translations because they are really bad.
Or suggesting our names to do so...
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| Spanish version is hilarious... | May 5, 2006 |
specially for the "club de ventilador premiado"
I wasn't aware that a "ventilador" could be nominated to (and awarded!!) the Nobel Prize. : )
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EmmanuelleAn (X)
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| L'Ange humain de la lumiere | May 5, 2006 |
"Nous serions honorés si vous acceptiez de servir d'une des Co-chaises..." I love that part!
I don't think I would be ready to support that "ange humain de la lumiere"... That woman really gets on my nerves.
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| I read the Dutch version | May 5, 2006 |
and also the Spanish one. I am still LOL.
This is great. It is good to know that our job is secure - at least for now.
Lucinda
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NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 05:01
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the inbox should be filled with offers to translate, by now
N.
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| Hilarious!!!!!! | May 5, 2006 |
The text is so horrible it makes you laugh...but the translation of the name "Patty" did it for me... I couldn't breathe anymore when I read the name in Dutch
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| The Italian... | May 6, 2006 |
... uses "randello di ventilatore". You know, a fan truncheon.
Thanks for the laugh!
Catherine
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.... so who would like to bite the bullet and politely inform ALS )
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Cristina Golab
United States
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I can't believe people still use those automatic translation programs. The worst of all is that I have even seen correspondence, manuals and other texts translated that way!
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FishX
Poland
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| computers have taken over the world | May 7, 2006 |
Recently I was told I should forget my plan to become a translator because programmes are so good these days that humans are no longer necessary. It better not be true.
What I would like to know is how are these programmes used and how useful are they really? Anybody know?
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Özden Arıkan
Germany
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...doesn't this thread answer your questions?
St John wrote:
Recently I was told I should forget my plan to become a translator because programmes are so good these days that humans are no longer necessary. It better not be true.
What I would like to know is how are these programmes used and how useful are they really? Anybody know?
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