The United States, Britain, Burma etc. are countries. These are GENERIC words too. How come United states troops committed atrocities in SE Asia when they are not there? Generic words are NOT used by Google.
- Ian Parker On Mar 30, 2:44 pm, Mike Duffy wrote: > You *cannot* expect the translation system to understand the context > of what it is translating. > > In general, "ruble" or "euro" or "dollar" can be seen as generic terms > for "money". Thus the phrase: > > "Who will pay the dollars we need to buy a car" will translate to the > corresponding monetary unit in the target language. > > You cannot expect it to translate "10 euro" to "25 dollars", just as > you cannot expect it to translate USA temperatures automatically from > farenheit into celcius for users elsewhere in the world. How do you > think the translation system works? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
