I think the way Google operates the translator has problems with reformed language. For example the usage of 'that man is a pig' would ring a bell with most English speakers but perhaps should be reformed to normal English to suit translation; 'he is a selfish and mean person'.
Similarly between Chinese language is lots of reforming! I asked about Google learning language transformations, forms and reforms by studying nested languages for the translators process capabilities but most people with any further interest just discuss having access to more devices, applications and functions within the Google translator. '> Cantonese should be treated like another language because it has > different lexical and grammar with Mandarin.' I would never have believed anyone would try Cantonese translation professionally through a mandarin text translator? On Mar 31, 5:05 am, chinyuwan wrote: > Cantonese should be treated like another language because it has > different lexical and grammar with Mandarin. > I've read other threads about Cantonese in here and found > "Cantonese is a spoken dialect of Chinese, but that the Chinese > written language > is the same whether you speak Cantonese or Mandarin" > > I tell the real situation about Cantonese, Mandarin and written > language in here. > In serious writing, such as documents and newspaper, people use > Standard Chinese, which is based on Mandarin grammar. > However, in personal time, such as blog writing and internet chatting, > many people write in Cantonese grammar, that is, written Cantonese. > > Google translate can't even handle a sentence of written Cantonese. > > http://img.skitch.com/20100331-bx8fr7bxwcg2ptrn7t7cqn9ch4.jpghttp://img.skitch.com/20100331-fnh1yeyin31fsbjn5bkhr4r2an.jpghttp://img.skitch.com/20100331-k3nb3fs2kngqr1gdetebgsur27.jpg -- 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.
