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Thread poster: MBates
MBates
MBates  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:09
French to English
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Feb 7, 2010

Hello,

Did anyone read the article in The Times today about the phone google is looking to bring out in a couple of year with live interpreting software?

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article7017831.ece

Have to say I've been expecting for something like this to be ann... See more
Hello,

Did anyone read the article in The Times today about the phone google is looking to bring out in a couple of year with live interpreting software?

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article7017831.ece

Have to say I've been expecting for something like this to be announced for a while now.

Sure it will be quite basic to begin with but not good new really! ▲ Collapse
 
lcstranslations
lcstranslations  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 11:09
Member (2010)
Italian to English
google Feb 8, 2010

As I answered in another question, not too much to get worried about.
Just look at the translator, anything that is accurate is the fault of live translators submitting their work!

I am sure that it might be ok for some friendly chit chat but hardly capable of handling a business meeting or a NATO conference!
 
Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 05:09
Member (2008)
English to French
Different spin in things ;-) Feb 10, 2010

A columnist from the same paper followed up with a tongue-in-cheek article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7018428.ece

The comments at the end are also worth the read, especially a certain Peter Guinn who wrote:
"We had just purchased translation software and decided to ... See more
A columnist from the same paper followed up with a tongue-in-cheek article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7018428.ece

The comments at the end are also worth the read, especially a certain Peter Guinn who wrote:
"We had just purchased translation software and decided to test it with a memo I had recently written on a personnel issue. In the memo I referred to its subject as "a young man whom I cannot help liking." After that had been translated into Spanish and back into English, it was rendered "a youth with whom I cannot restrain myself from taking pleasure." Clearly, the passage had gained something in translation."

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