It is great to help comprehension and to get the gist of what is
written in a foreign language. No doubt.
But sometimes it misses the subtleties that can also be contained in there.
They are always a good start, but should never be substituted for the
real thing.
Stewart
At 12:20 PM 12/7/2009, you wrote:
On Dec 7, 2009, at 11:25 AM, chad evans wyatt wrote:
I would caution that "close" often is close enough.
It gets one from zero comprehension to as much as 90% comprehension.
That is quite an achievement and very useful.
Maybe a computer should not even try to do better. Because the
translation is rough it makes us acutely aware that there could be
some big errors.
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