tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129929182918599848.post5696297708653328460..comments2024-02-06T17:02:25.684-05:00Comments on Field notes on the Web: How's that Babelfish coming along?David Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07602323703256325141noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129929182918599848.post-90314477793392755742009-08-29T22:08:13.360-04:002009-08-29T22:08:13.360-04:00As well you might. Personalmente, I thought the E...As well you might. Personalmente, I thought the English from Spanish was much more legible than the English from Dutch. An interesting comparison would be to try the experiment with less than fully competent human translators. Let someone, say, you, translate a paragraph of English into Spanish, and then ask Rafael who works for the roofing company and can get by in English but doesn't really speak it take your Spanish and put it into English. You will undoubtedly not get back the original, but the errors will be of an entirely different type than Bfish's.earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15046418836005151171noreply@blogger.com