Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:23:08 -0800 From: Bernhard Beck <bbeck@mindmaker.com> To: Bryan =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8sterg=E5rd?= <bostergaard@siticom.com> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: altavistas babelfish (was Re: Athlon Thunderbird 700 w. Asus K7M Motherboard vs. FreeBSD 4.2) Message-ID: <3A63784C.A440F7A1@mindmaker.com> References: <C3CC10B4E6D5D411B21D00508BEA25D4014286@EXCHANGE-TMP>
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Hmmmm... I just tried it on the c't article. I don't understand a word of the English translation. Babelfish at least tries to make sense and generate correct grammar in the output. Bernhard Bryan Østergård wrote: > > I've always been partial to InterTran. > They allow you to translate directly between english and english, making for > some remarkable results. > > An example might be in order :) > "Hello Sir. Would you like to translate this for me?" translates into "Depth > Man. [Would] [you] relative be the cause of interpret special hence > immateriality?" > > http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernhard Beck [mailto:bbeck@mindmaker.com] > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 8:27 PM > To: Andreas Klemm > Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: altavistas babelfish (was Re: Athlon Thunderbird 700 w. > Asus K7M Motherboard vs. FreeBSD 4.2) > > Andreas, > > oh yes. It's quite amusing, but good enough to get an idea about the > content the article. > > Bernhard > > Andreas Klemm wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:39:27PM -0800, Bernhard Beck wrote: > > > According to an article published in c't 14/2000, page 32 (online at > > > http://www.heise.de/ct/00/14/032/default.shtml, use Altavista's > > > Babelfish to translate), > > > > The translation using babelfish is funny ;-) > > "Best" results you get if you translate the translation back using > > babelfish again ;-) > > > > Andreas /// > > > > -- > > Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 4.2 SMP > > Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/ > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Bernhard Beck EMail bbeck@mindmaker.com > Mindmaker, Inc. Tel 408-467-9219 > 224 Airport Parkway, Suite 550 Fax 408-467-9202 > San Jose, CA 95110 > This message is built from 100% recycled and happy electrons > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Bernhard Beck EMail bbeck@mindmaker.com Mindmaker, Inc. Tel 408-467-9219 224 Airport Parkway, Suite 550 Fax 408-467-9202 San Jose, CA 95110 This message is built from 100% recycled and happy electrons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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