[Editors] Google alerts - Translations

[Cynthia Stanton]

Hello folks,

I am looking into using Google's translation tool for our websites. I know the accuracy limitations of machine translations, but I wonder if there are any other concerns?

Thanks,
Cynthia Stanton

At 02:17 PM 9/16/2004, Susan F Curran wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Google has a new service some of you might find handy called Google alerts.
><http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en>
>
>Google will search News and the Web for you on a weekly, daily, or "as it
>happens" basis, and send you email when your keywords, e.g. "MIT" or
>"underwater basket weaving" turn up.
>
>I signed up for it last night, and have already gotten 4 alerts with a total of
>16 News mentions of MIT, so you might want to make your search terms quite
>specific to avoid being inundated.
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Susan
>
>
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Cynthia Stanton
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MIT Student Financial Services
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