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Sep 28, 2008 at 04:47 PM
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VIN News home page translated using google service
Google Translate enables surfers to paste phrases or words into the search page and translate them. Like translation software company Babylon Ltd. Google is seeking to translate entire sentences from English or other languages into Hebrew, although these efforts have had little success to date. Automatic software generated translations are still awkward and do not convey the specific meaning of the text clearly. The Google service can, however, translate individual words accurately.
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Google says it is aware of the difficulty involved in translating entire sentences to and from different languages and adds that it is constantly working on improvements to the software.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 05:25 PM Anonymous Says:
wow....now the FBI can translate all r conv. from hebrew to english.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 05:32 PM Anonymous Says:
Been doing that for years....
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Sep 28, 2008 at 05:45 PM Anonymous Says:
needs improvement.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 06:30 PM Anonymous Says:
don't think they can translate yiddish yet !!
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Sep 28, 2008 at 07:18 PM Anonymous Says:
One of things I like about Google is that they are willing to learn. Foe example, on the translate page, there is a button "Suggest a better Translation", so they admit that there might be a better trtanslation, and they are willing to learn.
That's why they are so successful.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 06:41 PM Anonymous Says:
Thank you Google.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:19 PM Anonymous Says:
Did anyone of you actually read the translation?
if you know hebrew you would still be laughing your heart out.
for example "he would (come down) go under the flu".
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:44 PM Anonymous Says:
Its interesting that both founder of google are Jewish. Larry page, sergey brin.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 11:48 PM JoeFlix Says:
#7: Yes, When sites use slang - or common street language - google will mix it up in very laughable ways. For example, "Coming down with the flu" is not technically correct. If you'd say "was infected " with the flu, (etc) it would know better.