Re: Computer Assisted Translation: Don't do it

["Brasel, Russell" <russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com>]

Don't rely on the computer at all.  The only method that works is to
have a *human* who knows both languages fluently.  Most computer
translation programs are good only for a laugh, or to inadvertently
offend someone.  If you doubt me, translate a passage from language X,
translate it into Y, and back to X.  The results will be incredibly
mangled-and in my experience, if the languages are in different
linguistic families, the results are incomprehensible.

Russell Brasel
Technical Writer
Dent-A-Med, Inc. d/b/a The HELPCard
479-750-6700 ext 245
russell -dot- brasel -at- hccredit -dot- com


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