RE: Computer Assisted Translation: Don't do it

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Actually, many professional translators use computer translation
programs as a first step in their work. This is not the same as "relying
on" the programs, any more than you "rely on" a hammer to drive in a
nail without any effort on your part. But the good ones are serious
tools used by serious professionals.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brasel, Russell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:21 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Computer Assisted Translation: Don't do it
> 
> 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
> 

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