This is something that bugs me, too. What I'd really like to see most at the moment is the option to correct word order/word grouping. I understand that Google Translate is a complex system, and I know that it really isn't that simple to add such a feature. So take your time (:
On Mar 25, 9:04 pm, catalpa1 wrote: > I would like to hear some discussion from more experienced translation > users on solvingword ordererrors and other syntax errors between > translations. Google does not yet recognize that there are distinct > differences between languages in vocabulary correlation and inwordorder. > Thankfully, the new features to use and change alternate > translations is handy in getting more precise word for word > translations, but syntax errors are harder to fix. For example, > If you paste the following for a Spanish to English translation: > Debes estar donde te quieren. > > You get the incorrect translation: > You have to be where you want > . > The correct translation would be > You have to be where they love you. > > It is easy to resolve the ambiguity between "want" and "love," by > selecting want and submitting love, but google tends to ignore both > direct and indirect pronouns, as well asword order. > If you could select an entire phrase to change, instead of just one > word, you would end up with a better alternate translation bank, and > google would be able to graduate from Beginning Spanish and French, > to Low Intermediate. > > It is sad to note that my Spanish proficiency is better than Google's, > and I still need lots of help. > Is there any way to include in the algorithm an awareness of verb > conjugations and syntax? Short of that, what about just having a more > flexible selection feature, so people, who have that awareness, can > teach it to Google. > Any thoughts on this? Thanks. -- 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.
