Re: Translations

Subject: Re: Translations
From: "Brasel, Russell" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com>
To: <bryan -dot- johnson -at- motoman -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:25:35 -0600

I'm sorry Bryan, but someone who doesn't understand the inherent problem
with using software to translate documents (e.g., parsers are pretty
dumb) won't understand the complexities for a person translating from a
Germanic into a Latinate language. You could give him a crash course in
general linguistics, generative grammar, and current parsing technology,
but that probably wouldn't help, either.

My suggestion-let the software do the translation, then translate it
back into English. The mangled output may be enough to convince him.

Russell Brasel
Technical Writer
Dent-A-Med, Inc. d/b/a The HELPCard


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