Excellent summary. I would add "Make grammar simple. Avoid complicated clauses." For certain languages, "avoid imperative sentences". The last point is quite relevant to me. I often post messages to a French forum, usually with the help of GT with input in English. But GT sometimes fails to recognize the English sentence is imperative, e.g.
"Replace the battery." -> "Remplacer la batterie." You either have to note that and manually change the verb, or change your sentence to, say, "You should replace the battery." Yong Huang On Mar 7, 10:41 am, drtrueblue wrote: > > 1. Use short sentences > 2. Use common words > 3. Avoid idiomatic phrases and slang -- 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.
