E-Mailing
Iam wanting to e-mail some friends i meet in mexico but my spelling / translation is very poor Help !!
10 Answers
samdie said:
The moral being, I suppose, that computers are better at unscrambling (their own) bad translations than they are at translating normal language. (Or, perhaps, "two wrongs sometimes make a right")
I once saw a web page that was supposedly written in Spanish. The sentences were appalling: I couldn't even understand many sentences, and everything looked confusingly alien to me, from the structure, to the choice of words. I tried to put it into a translator Spanish-English, and the translation from this pile of garbage was practically perfect standard English. I had to read the "Spanish" page through the translator version in English in the end, which is where everything originated, of course.
lazarus1907 said:
Natasha said:
Prefiero que te calles ahora.
Well done! How many people do you think would be able to guess like you?
I´m wondering if Natasha cheated. I tried feeding "I prefer to be street at once" into the "Translate a Sentence" box at this site and Google responded with "Yo prefiero que se calle de una sola vez." The moral being, I suppose, that computers are better at unscrambling (their own) bad translations than they are at translating normal language. (Or, perhaps, "two wrongs sometimes make a right")
Natasha said:
Prefiero que te calles ahora.
Well done! How many people do you think would be able to guess like you'
The translators can't translate feelings or context, only words & some words have countless meanings. Sometimes they are helpful if you really get stuck. I find that most of the time I do better with a good dictionary & my friends here at spandict.
lazarus1907 said:
Natasha said:
Marie, you'll find that many people active on this forum don't think too much of computer-generated translations.
Don't think too much of computer translations? Ha! You feed them with a text in one language, and they return nonsense in another. They are useless! Just check, for example, Google translator. Here is a translated text:
I prefer to be street at once.
Guess what does it mean, or what is the original sentence... if you can!
Prefiero que te calles ahora.
Natasha said:
Marie, you'll find that many people active on this forum don't think too much of computer-generated translations.
Don't think too much of computer translations? Ha! You feed them with a text in one language, and they return nonsense in another. They are useless! Just check, for example, Google translator. Here is a translated text:
I prefer to be street at once.
Guess what does it mean, or what is the original sentence... if you can!
Marie said:
Natasha thanks for the reply , I'm wanting to write a e-mail in Engish and Translated it to Spanish is it possible and is there any button on the bar that i have over seen. Thanks again Marie
Marie, you'll find that many people active on this forum don't think too much of computer-generated translations. Why don't you post what you want to say in English as well as your attempt in Spanish. Then you will find that there are some very knowledgable native Spanish speakers on the site who can help.
Marie said:
Natasha thanks for the reply , I'm wanting to write a e-mail in Engish and Translated it to Spanish is it possible and is there any button on the bar that i have over seen. Thanks again Marie
If feeding the English into a computerized translator doesn't work (and it probably won't), then provide your best effort of the translation (even if that's the computer's output). People here are very willing to suggest alternatives or suggestions but somewhat reluctant to "do the work for you".
Natasha thanks for the reply , I'm wanting to write a e-mail in Engish and Translated it to Spanish is it possible and is there any button on the bar that i have over seen. Thanks again Marie
What do you want help with? If you have a short e-mail you want everyone to proofread, post it in the "Proofreading" category and it can be corrected.
