Translation to/from German
By Steve Vance
There have been a few messages recently that seem to point up the need for language translations between English and German. I saw that there is a company that sells software to do crude word-for-word translations. Maybe we could all contribute a dollar or two, and Jody could buy a copy for use on articles of this digest. I don't have the company's name, but their phone number is 800-535-5256 or 714-223-0620.
[ Steve, [ You may remember the anecdote regarding an early English-Russian [ translation system. The input was "The spirit is willing but the [ flesh is weak". The output was (essentially) "The Vodka is good [ but the steaks are terrible". [ [ I have an English-to-Spanish translation program written in [ San Diego, where they should know about such things. I was [ not particularly impressed. It might be an interesting [ experiment. The Spanish translation program was << $100. If [ you are up to calling them, I'd be interested. I'd be _REALLY_ [ interested if they would take one of our articles and translate [ it for us as an experiment. [ [ Jody
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