Translating Chinese with Babelfish

Translating Chinese with Babelfish
Jun 22, 2006 00:18
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: offline	My lady friend sent me an email in Chinese characters. I translated it using Babelfish and it said, "My Dear Alexander, I love you." I was terribly disappointed and told her. (my name is Steve) She sent me the line in English and it was nothing like the Babelfish translation. I was embarassed and apologized. So today, I wrote an email using Babelfish to generate the Chinese characters. ...and it struck me to translate it back into English... OYE! It didn't even make sense. So, I wrote and translated, re-wrote and re-translated until the Babelfish Chinese translation from English and the Babelfish of the Chinese back into English were similar. I had no idea of how hard this woman was working to read my and mails and respond. I spent almost 3 hours on a 10 line email. ...and I've been sending her rambling emails of many pages. I am humbled by her dedication. Thank heavens we have two talking dictionaries for my visit.

Jun 22, 2006 00:18

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My lady friend sent me an email in Chinese characters. I translated it using Babelfish and it said, "My Dear Alexander, I love you."

I was terribly disappointed and told her. (my name is Steve) She sent me the line in English and it was nothing like the Babelfish translation. I was embarassed and apologized.

So today, I wrote an email using Babelfish to generate the Chinese characters. ...and it struck me to translate it back into English... OYE! It didn't even make sense.

So, I wrote and translated, re-wrote and re-translated until the Babelfish Chinese translation from English and the Babelfish of the Chinese back into English were similar.

I had no idea of how hard this woman was working to read my and mails and respond. I spent almost 3 hours on a 10 line email. ...and I've been sending her rambling emails of many pages.

I am humbled by her dedication.

Thank heavens we have two talking dictionaries for my visit.

Jun 22, 2006 00:26	#1
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	I should add, the characters of her English translation, matched the characters displayed by the talking dictionary. ...so I knew Babelfish was really goofy!

Jun 22, 2006 01:17	#2
PEA28COCK Points: Join Date: Aug 19, 2005 Status: Offline	Hey, What are you talking about???

Jun 22, 2006 01:32	#3
PINETREE Points: 2514 Join Date: Oct 9, 2005 Status: Offline	Steve is telling his experience on eletronic translation. Keep trying, Steve. Just be careful that it may end up completely different and give a great deal of misunderstanding between both of u.

Jun 22, 2006 01:44	#4
LOVEISVERB Points: Join Date: Jun 3, 2005 Status: Offline	Right, one should be careful using translation machines, they cause misunderstandings easily. Online communications (PMs, emails, chatting...) aren't easy...

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