Part of the art of translation is understanding the subtleties of translation.
That is why when I went to seminary the ability to read Greek,
Hebrew, and if possible German and Latin were required.
Because when you deal with original text's just a literal translation
will not cut it.
My language skill has waned over the years. But I still do reading
to see how it should be done and understand the subtleties being described.
It never hurts to learn a foreign language.
My cousin who graduated from a trade school in Germany was required
to learn two foreign languages to graduate.
In the state of Alabama, to receive an advanced diploma you need two
years of a foreign language. TO get a general high school diploma no
foreign language is required. We cripple our own children by not
challenging them to live in a multi cultural world.
Stewart
At 02:20 PM 12/7/2009, you wrote:
Thanks, for your compassionate understanding in this, Rev. In the
plane of cross-cultural acitivity, those of us grasping for any tool
are grateful, imperfect as those may be. All of you should
understand, beyond geek-centricity, that some of us are using tools
to bring people together, offering moment for those with aspiration
to reach chance.
--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Rev. Stewart Marshall
<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Rev. Stewart Marshall <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Google Language Tools [was: Server restrictions]
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 1:32 PM
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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