> Howdy all. Wondering if anyone's heard of a grammar parser behavior, > object or script in Lingo. <snip> > > The idea is that this would be some kind of code that could > be used to > generate a pre-translation table of words, which would then be > converted into another language.
I expect you know that machine translation is a really, really involved and complex issue. It's so complex that there is, afaik, no suitable translation program available. Considering how much stuff has to be translated into a bunch of languages, that says something. Even something as simple as telling the difference between a noun and a verb isn't so easy. Consider lead and lead, or record and record. Then you have to deal with the ambiguities of languages, and idiomatic usage. Consider the sentence: "He drove a half block and turned into a small restaurant." Or the fact that you really don't want to translate "I am cold" word for word into German. Maybe it can be done, but I'm pretty certain that Lingo would be the wrong language for it. Way, way too slow for such a complex task. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
