yeah, and that is mild compared to some of the things I have seen come out of bablefish
On 8/16/05, CF-DEV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried babelfish at first and found it not to be as good. > > Try taking a sentence, converting it from English to say > Spanish, then reversing that translation. The translation > leaves more to be desired. > > Example: > > Sentence: > Try taking a sentence, converting it from English to say Spanish, then > reversing that translation. > > Spanish Translation: > Intente tomar una oración, convirtiéndolo de inglés para decir el español, > entonces invirtiendo esa traducción. > > Now back to English: > Try to take an oration, turning it of English saying the Spanish, then > investing that translation. > > > ============================ > Mindkeeper Solutions > website: http://www.mindkeeper.net > support: http://support.mindkeeper.net > ============================ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: automatic online language translation? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: DRE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 5:35 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: automatic online language translation? > > > > Hi, this is a service I'm considering for a client. > > > > http://www.systransoft.com/products/online_services/systranlinks_bronz > > e.ht > > ml > > > > Basically its a link from each page to a translation company that > > translates the page you came from. Its nice because they can alter > > their site with a cms and let the system handle the language > > translation. However the translation is'nt always perfect. > > > > Can anybody offer any similar solutions? > > I used to do the same thing with babelfish: > > http://babelfish.altavista.com/ > > Although upon looking at it again it looks like Systran provides the service > to Alta Vista... > > In my experience the translation is NEVER perfect... but often amusing. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170059 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
