Taste the Translation November 27, 2015
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I read an interesting article this week called “A Translation Site’s Clever Recipe Taste Test Shows How Wrong Google Translate Can Be.” Apparently a translation agency, ElaN Languages, worked with an ad agency, JWT Amsterdam, to produce a project and video called “Taste the Translation.” The project’s video shows a chef cooking the same Japanese recipe as translated by ElaN’s team of human experts vs. Google Translate’s automated results. The ad has won several awards. The results are hilarious, as you can expect. I think they did a great job illustrating the difference between man vs. machine in our industry. I hope you enjoy it.
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday November 25, 2015
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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday November 18, 2015
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From Translators Anonymous:
TGIF: The difference between English, German and two different Swiss dialects November 13, 2015
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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday November 11, 2015
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Translation: A book already contains the daily requirement of A, B, C, D, E and K. And many other essential letters.
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday November 4, 2015
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See you in Miami!
Happy Halloween October 31, 2015
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Quote from one of my college friends on FB “I think the factory in China that made this skeleton decoration needs to hire a better translator for their packaging …”
TGIF: To good not to share October 23, 2015
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Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs [Hint: it’s The Onion, which for those of you who do not live in the U.S. is a very satirical website]
“Past-tense instruction is only the latest school program to face the chopping block. School districts in California have been forced to cut addition and subtraction from their math departments, while nearly all high schools have reduced foreign language courses to only the most basic phrases, including ‘May I please use the bathroom?’ and ‘No, I do not want to go to the beach with Maria and Juan.'”
Musings from an overworked translator 