Same here. For example the German "Ich habe einen Ohrwurm" is broken into 3 phrases by Google Translate and results in "I have a catchy tune". However, the only correct way to translate it would be to do something completely different, like "I can't get this song out of my head."
On Dec 18, 1:44 pm, MikeW wrote: > The word by wordtranslationis a waste of time. Generates > gobbledygook in all the phrases I've tried in French. > > Also if you translate a single word, and specify an Englishtranslationby > clicking "Use". Nothing happens. Is there any in- > house testing or specification of this feature? It's getting more and > more random. > > On Dec 16, 8:36 pm, MikeW wrote: > > > > > > > > > On one of them I got a chance to offer word-based alternatives, but > > there was no way for me to say that the phrase overall had the words > > in the wrong order. > > > On Dec 15, 11:19 pm, Josh (Google Employee) wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > Mike is right. The old "Contributeabettertranslation" box is gone, > > > at least on our texttranslation. We do intend to bring it back, as a > > > way tocontributeabettertranslationfor the entire text, but in the > > > meantime you can give usbetterfeedback by using the phrase-based > > > alternatives, selectingbetterones, and when there aren't any good > > > ones, putting in your own. > > > > Thanks for the feedback. > > > > Best, > > > Josh Estelle > > > Senior Software Engineer > > > Google Translate > > > > On Dec 15, 6:08 am, MikeW wrote: > > > > > It's gone now, without any alternate way of suggesting an improved > > > >translation. > > > > > They need to make the feature available, but not in a way that > > > > intrudes with trying to select/copy the translated text. > > > > > On Dec 15, 2:49 pm, _jeremy wrote: > > > > > > It's impossible to work with a larger body of text because the - > > > > > extremely annoying - "Contributeabettertranslation" box which > > > > > appears when you float over translated text move the text. There > > > > > should be a way to disable this "feature". -- 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.
