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Google Translate

Post by Ann » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:47 pm

I've got to tell you this. Some years ago a friend of mine sent me an article in German about Eta Carinae, and my knowledge of German is... not good. So my friend translated it into English, using Google Translate. Guess what? Eta Carinae was called... an asterisk!!! Seriously!!!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Google also managed to say that the asterisk of Eta Carina sat in a fog. Well, the fog was the Carina nebula, of course! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Maybe Google Translate would describe Eta Carinae a bit like this?

http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/ ... k-Rise.png

Or like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oitgUvx ... ZA&index=5

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Re: Google Translate

Post by bystander » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:55 pm

There is also a Bing Translator, for those who prefer Microsoft. I use it when the Google translation doesn't seem to quite make sense to me. Of course, if you prefer, there is always BabelFish. The problem I have with BabelFish is often I don't know what language I'm translating from, and its free online version doesn't have an auto-detect.
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Re: Google Translate

Post by neufer » Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:55 pm

Click to play embedded YouTube video.
bystander wrote:
There is also a Bing Translator, for those who prefer Microsoft.
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Re: Google Translate

Post by Beyond » Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:24 am

Yeah, i gotsa da Bing translater. Itsa make-a-da-boo-boos too :!:
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Re: Google Translate

Post by saturno2 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:58 pm

I think that Google Translator is good. But sometimes there are errors
in technical words and certain phrases.

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