Google translator appears to be quite good tool between languages that belong to the same language family. Translations between english, swedish, dutch, german and even french seem to work quite well, but that is not the case with finnish.
Finnish text can be translated into somewhat understandable english, but english text appears as really horrible and sub-standard. About half of the words are not translated at all. The word order is incorrect. Out of all complex grammatical features of finnish language it seems to know only how to use only two noun cases out of total 15. This makes the text totally gibberish. With this level of incompetence I am suprised that it is able to use possessive suffix, as in "vaimonsa", where "vaimo" is the word for "wife", genetive being "vaimon" and "his wife'" is expressed by adding a possessive suffix (- sa) as "vaimonsa". Here is one translated clip from ABC news: ### Barack Obama Tekee Surprise Ulkonäkö jälkeen Joe Biden DNC puhe Biden Praises First Black Major Party Presidential Candidate; Attacks McCain Biden kiittää ensimmäisen mustan Major puolueen presidenttiehdokkaan; Hyökkäykset McCain By Jennifer Parker / ABC News By Jennifer Parker / ABC News Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, appearing on stage after a rousing speech by his vice presidential candidate, Joe Biden. Demokraattisen presidenttiehdokkaan Barack Obama tehnyt yllätys ulkonäkö keskiviikko klo demokraattisen National yleissopimuksen Denver, näkymisen vaiheen jälkeen rousing puheen hänen varapuheenjohtaja presidenttiehdokkaan, Joe Biden. As delegates roared inside the Pepsi Center, Obama referred to a speech by his wife on Monday: "I think Michelle Obama kicked it off pretty well, don't you think?" Kuten valtuutetut roared sisällä Pepsi Center, Obama tarkoitetun puheen hänen vaimonsa maanantaina: "Minusta Michelle Obama potkaista se pois melko hyvin, te ette usko?" he said. hän sanoi. Michelle Obama mouthed, "I love you," from her skybox seat. Michelle Obama suuhun, "minä rakastan sinua", hän Aitio paikka. ### --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Translate" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
