use of translation engines
This is not a question--just a commentary on my use of the machine translators on this site.
I often have to make presentations or give talks in Spanish which is not my native tongue. I appreciate having the translation engines on Span¡shD!cit. I write my discourse in Spanish, then run it through the translators into English. If the English comes out correctly, then I know the Spanish is correct. I keep in mind that "andaba" my be translated as "he walks", "she walks", "I walk", etc. so when I find that kind of mistake in the English, I know it's just a function of the engine, not incorrect Spanish.
One of the engines is more intuitive than the others. That means that the translation to English is smoother and more accurate, but it also means that typos and other mistakes in the Spanish are tolerated. I appreciate being able to compare the output of two or three translators. The less intuitive ones help me find misspellings (misspelled words are not translated). By comparing the two or three outputs, I can clean up the original Spanish so it's ready for my presentation.
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There's no substitute for the human brain.
No hay sustituto para el cerebro humano.
The Google one is miles ahead of the Yahoo one and the unnamed one. None of them are actually on this site, however.
