http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/ a linguist without a language Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/comment-page-1/#comment-204 mrschili Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/#comment-204 Wow. Spanish, huh? You're so much smarter than I that I can barely understand your blog in ENGLISH! I'll stick to trying to figure it out in my native language; I'm sure my high-school Spanish skills are woefully undersuited to the task... Wow. Spanish, huh? You’re so much smarter than I that I can barely understand your blog in ENGLISH! I’ll stick to trying to figure it out in my native language; I’m sure my high-school Spanish skills are woefully undersuited to the task…

]]> http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Jangari Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:45:14 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/#comment-203 I think the general consensus is that machines will only ever be able to give very narrow, literal translations, no matter how good the auto-translation program is. That is, however, until they invent machines that can think, learn and creatively see links between forms (and abstract forms too, like morphemes) and meanings. But that will hopefully never happen. I think the general consensus is that machines will only ever be able to give very narrow, literal translations, no matter how good the auto-translation program is. That is, however, until they invent machines that can think, learn and creatively see links between forms (and abstract forms too, like morphemes) and meanings. But that will hopefully never happen.

]]> http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Sinophile Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/#comment-206 I tried translating my blog into Chinese and it was AWFUL. It offered nothing more than a direct translation and conveyed no meaning or context whatsoever. Auto-translation still has a long way to go. I tried translating my blog into Chinese and it was AWFUL. It offered nothing more than a direct translation and conveyed no meaning or context whatsoever. Auto-translation still has a long way to go.

]]> http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Jangari Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:25:09 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/04/28/un-linguista-sin-una-lengua/#comment-205 Wow, that's actually rather horrible. Especially when it tries to doubly translate what's already written in Spanish. <i>Un lingusta sin una lengua</i> becomes <i>Lengua del una del pecado del linguista del Un</i>. Wow, that’s actually rather horrible. Especially when it tries to doubly translate what’s already written in Spanish. Un lingusta sin una lengua becomes Lengua del una del pecado del linguista del Un.

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