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Not bad at all

从 sudanglo, 2012年3月24日

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语言: English

sudanglo (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日上午11:15:15

I was following the discussion at the Economist about which language to learn and noticed that someone had posted in Esperanto and another poster had translated the post for the benefit of English readers.

So I though I would pop the post in Esperanto into Google Translate and see how the result compared. Not bad at all, I think.

Original text in Esperanto:
Mi ne estas certa, ke mi bone komprenis tiun angla-lingvan tekston.
Se mi bone komprenas, la autoro skribas, ke la komputiloj mortigos esperanton. Estas kurioze, ke mi havas tute malan impreson. Kaj precipe la tutmonda komputila reto shajnas farita ghuste por esperanto.
Mi tute ne inklinas al prognozoj, tamen la nuna realo de esperanto kiel fenestro al la tuta mondo pli ol kompensas la relative malgrandan penon lerni ghin, almenau kompare kun aliaj lingvoj.

Google Translate's version:
I'm not sure that I understand this English-language text. If I understand, the author writes that the computers will kill Esperanto. It is curious that I have completely opposite impression. And especially the global computer network seems a done just for Esperanto. I do not tend to predictions, however, the current reality of Esperanto as a window to the world more than compensate for the relatively small effort to learn it, at least in comparison with other languages.

Human translator's version:
I am not sure I have a good understanding of that English text. If I understand it clearly, the author writes that computers are going to kill Esperanto. It's odd, I have quite the opposite impression. And especially the worldwide computer Web seems precisely made *for* Esperanto. I'm not at all given to predictions, however the present reality of Esperanto as a window on the whole world more than compensates for the relatively small effort needed to learn it, at least compared with other languages.

Sub (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日上午11:25:03

Maybe, it's because Esperanto is easier to translate by computers than other languages. It's another reason why to use Esperanto.

erinja (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日上午11:25:36

I'd say that Google Translate really did quite well!

One interesting thing is how it always translated "bone kompreni" as a simple "to understand", rather than "to have a good understanding" or even "to understand well".

sudanglo (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日上午11:37:14

And it coped with the not much used 'h' convention and missing accents on 'ŭ'

Miland (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日下午9:37:20

sudanglo: Not bad at all, I think.
Indeed.

Leke (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日下午9:43:53

When did google include Esperanto in its list of supported languages? I'd never noticed it before.

Domo, ora kato, mistera bato.
House, golden cat, a mysterious blow.

Yep, Not bad at all.

rkqb (显示个人资料) 2012年3月24日下午9:55:17

Leke:When did google include Esperanto in its list of supported languages? I'd never noticed it before.

Domo, ora kato, mistera bato.
House, golden cat, a mysterious blow.

Yep, Not bad at all.
It was in late February if I remember correctly.

darkweasel (显示个人资料) 2012年3月25日上午8:22:09

rkqb:
Leke:When did google include Esperanto in its list of supported languages? I'd never noticed it before.

Domo, ora kato, mistera bato.
House, golden cat, a mysterious blow.

Yep, Not bad at all.
It was in late February if I remember correctly.
... and we discussed it on this forum. rideto.gif

acdibble (显示个人资料) 2012年3月26日上午1:47:48

Miland:
sudanglo: Not bad at all, I think.
Indeed.
Quite.

36lima (显示个人资料) 2012年3月30日上午1:52:07

darkweasel:
... and we discussed it on this forum. rideto.gif
Not at all related to the topic but I just have to say, your avator/icon/whatever they're called these days is excellent!! I have been assimilated.

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