What is the difference in the 3 translator dictionaries

Question

I am new to the website and have a question regarding the 3 translation dictonaries on the home page. I often type in a phrase and get three different answers. Why is this and what dictionary would you say translates closest to LatinAmerican Spanish? Thanks

Answer 1

Continuing, you have to sort of pick and choose, which of course as a beginner, is difficult. Ironically, the better you can choose the correct output, the less you probably need it.

For instance. I was just using the engine and got the following 3 responses for my input of

I allow it and it is allowed. (I often type redundant stuff like that to get a couple variations and perspectives at once.

1. Lo permiten y se permite
2. YO le permiten y es permitido
3. Lo permito y es permitido

Of those, I like 3 the best, but would myself use my own, number 4 of

1. Lo permito y se permite

It´s a bit tricky, but it´s all we have for now.

Answer 2

Machine translators are not-quite-ready for prime-time. The technology is still developing, and as such, each use different algorithms and heuristics, and thus will be more or less accurate in different scenarios. It´s analogous to getting different search results with Yahoo vs Bing vs Google. When they all 3 agree, they´re probably right. When not, and you REALLY want to know what´s right, you better ask a human (not that all we human here all agree or are correct either, but odds are better.

I love that this site groups 3 together. Very handy.