Thanks for being responsive to your users' comments. It's
appreciated!
On Nov 16, 9:48 pm, Google wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback guys.
>
> We're looking closely at this.
>
> Cheers,
> Josh
>
> On Nov 16, 6:20 pm, Heckler0077 wrote:
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> > 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:
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> > > 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:
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> > > > 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:
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> > > > > 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 !!
