No, I'm afraid that the mouse-over isn't sufficient. That's a good
feature- it makes it easier to see individual words or phrases that
one is confused about- but doesn't even come close to effective
comparison. Humans are visual creatures and it's simple to glance at
a line, then move your eyeballs a few inches over to see that same
line in a different language. Now, one has to count down how many
lines the original text is on, scroll the page if necessary, and count
how many lines the translated text is on. This is extremely
inefficient and makes for a frustrating user experience. Hopefully
I've stressed this enough, but side-by-side translation is one of
*the* most important features in Google Translate. Without it, the
quality of the experience is significantly degraded, but more than
just an annoyance, it is a usage hindrance that prevents the
translator from being used for (in my case) its most important task,
and I seem to get this feeling from the other users on here as well.
I really like this instant translation and the tooltip text, but
without side-by-side translation, the product is next-to-worthless
without significant expenditure of time and effort. Please change
this back.
On Nov 16, 8:19 pm, Google wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry to hear you're missing the side-by-side layout! If you haven't
> noticed though, check out when you mouse-over a sentence in the
> translation, it will show you the original sentence that produced that
> translated sentence.
>
> Does this satisfy the desire to compare the two texts?
>
> For the Google IME / Google Chrome / Google Translate issue, we're
> working on a fix as soon as possible! Bear with us and we'll get it
> fixed as soon as we can.
>
> We really appreciate your feedback! Keep it coming and we'll keep
> trying to make Google Translate better.
>
> Best,
> Josh
>
> On Nov 16, 2:36 pm, nevenab wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am so so so angry too.....I can't compare the two text any more....I
> > am going to hot someone,to come down....
>
> > On Nov 16, 11:16 pm, Patrice wrote:
>
> > > The new look has several drawbacks!
>
> > > -the result below can no longer compare the two texts!!!!!
> > > -where is the arrow to invert the direction of translation in a
> > > single click !!!!!
>
> > > Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! Please allow to choose the presentation!
>
> > > We can not work properly! I'm really angry!
>
> > > Le nouveau look présente plusieurs inconvénients ! je ne m'y retrouve
> > > plus !
>
> > > -le résultat en dessous ne permet plus la comparaison des deux textes
> > > langues !
> > > -ou est passé la fleche permettant d'intervertir en un clique le sens
> > > de traduction
>
> > > Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh ! S'il vous plait permettait de choisir la
> > > présentation !
>
> > > On ne peux plus travailler convenablement !!
