[Tango-L] Google translator

Steve Littler sl at stevelittler.com
Mon Oct 26 13:41:04 EDT 2009


Well, I did a Google translation, then did a screen capture with Snag-It
software, then saved as a PDF here for what it is worth. You'll probably
want to enlarge the print to 200% for viewing.

http://www.stevelittler.com/Codes_English_Translation.pdf

El Stevito de Gainesville

John H. Walton wrote:
> I suspect the problem was that the text copied into Google was in a
> different character code-set to that expected by Google - i.e. the page
> ended up with mixed and confusing code-sets (probably a combination of
> single and multiple-bytes codes). Google is usually one of the best
> translators around, and translators in general have improved
> significantly over the last few years.  
>
> PS: If you want to see something really impressive, watch a demo of
> Google Wave performing real-time translations! i.e. you can key text into
> a document, and another user of your "wave" can see the translation
> character-by character as you type. As you complete a phrase the
> translation changes as it better understands the context and grammar.   
>
> Best Regards, John
> http://www.danceweb.co.uk
>
>   




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