Inaccurate Translations

Question

I have used your Translation from English/Espanol and found several words are confusing and in wrong text, is this possible?... even reversing the Spanish text into English I found some words to be incoherent , and not understandable, is this to poor translation ? I thought computer translation is accurate, apparently not so. Please answer me back , for I am confused, lost in translation!

welcome to the forum ! - 00b6f46c, Aug 31, 2010

Are you talking about single words or phrases? If phrases see my comment below. - Jack-OBrien, Aug 31, 2010

nope it was phrases and I know why , muchos gracias - detlev, Aug 31, 2010

Answer 1

Hi, Detley.

You'll have to be more specific when you state that "some words" are no accurate.

What words are you talking about?

hola amiga my question has been answered, gracias - detlev, Aug 31, 2010

Answer 2

"I thought computer translation was accurate."

I don't think anyone is suggesting computer translatons are terribly accurate, or even very accurate. That's why there are human translators. It's an art form to some degree, and the nuance conveyed in passing from one language to another is far too subtle to be machine-translateable. I think we should be grateful for that!

J

You answered my question amigo muchos gracias - detlev, Aug 31, 2010

Answer 3

Yes it is a poor translation , Computers can´t pick up on context or idomatic usages. You must supplement them with your own knowledge. They good for simple texts, but nothing really complicated.

really nice to know here I sent a lengthy message to a amiga and not knowing /Spanish to well, I translated my message from English to Espanol , wrong thing to do , end up calling her " a prickly pear" thanks computer translation, sure she laughed! - detlev, Aug 31, 2010

Answer 4

Computer translations are about as far as you can get from perfect. Computer dictionary lookups are great but that's about as far as it goes.

no kidding amigo, thanks - detlev, Aug 31, 2010