On second thought, I now see that the tool doesn't even have an option for English to Australian translations. Worthless!
<grin>
-Nathan.
----- Original Message ----
From: Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, November 17, 2009 1:42:54 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Automatic translation tool for web pages (Google)
On 18/11/2009, at 7:12 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
This is very timely, David. I have an application on the plate that
calls for translating browser-based email messages from English to
Spanish. Thanks for the tip.
Automatic translation tools are OK as a first cut but you need a
native language speaker to edit. The Google tools do a great job of
translating as you can tell by translating a foreign web page into
English but the result, although generally comprehensible, is often
very strange to a native speaker as you can tell by translating a
foreign web page into English.
The result looks translated and in many cases a native speaker will go
WTF?
Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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