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Topic: Portuguese Translation --- Need Help!
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| mafbueno wrote: ``oi, and a time of its. debtor. Luiz'' |
Yet another proof that automatic translation tools shouldn't be trusted for anything important! :-)
The classic example came from an EU policy document, which contained the French phrase, ``les bureaucrats vis à vis les agricols'', meaning ``the bureaucrats, with respect to the farmers''. One automatic translation was:
les bureaucrats=the bureaucrats (correct)
vis=live (je vis=I live, from vivre)
à=to (as in, ``Je vais à Paris'')
vis=screw (as used with a screwdriver)
les agricols=the farmers (correct)
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Hi Twinigo!
Excuse me the intromission. I don't know if he is of its interest, but when I'm with a doubt I consult http://babelfish.altavista.com
This site have translations to several language.
Everything of good!!!
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Hi friend!
I've heard about this site quite often, surely it must have a good reputation. May worth a look.
Thanks 
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For simple words I use:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t
But only translate whole sequence if you really dont know english.
A good way to check the monstrous translations this sites gives is to translate to and back again some language.
For example:
Portuguese: oi,e a sua vez. obrigado. luiz
English: oi, and its time. debtor. Luiz
Portuguese again: oi, e seu tempo. devedor. Luiz
Inverse:
English: Hi, it's your turn. Thanks. Luiz
Portuguese: Hi, é sua volta. Obrigado. Luiz
English again: Hi, is its return. Debtor. Luiz
Now you can see! It is incredible wrong! And that was simple sentences... Try one bigger and you will get some miracles!
Cheers,
Beco.
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