tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post3061876180429401219..comments2024-03-25T03:02:08.418-07:00Comments on Translation Times: Automated Translation AmusementJudy Jenner and Dagmar Jennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15991071510108619107noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-10273881720803699892009-01-13T02:28:00.000-08:002009-01-13T02:28:00.000-08:00I run a language consultancy and am a linguist mys...I run a language consultancy and am a linguist myself and can't ever see machines doing the job of a translator as language is not logical.www.promolingua.comPromoLinguahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723516970059794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-89468185623648958772009-01-07T21:52:00.000-08:002009-01-07T21:52:00.000-08:00@Thomas: I hope you are wrong, but I fear you are ...@Thomas: I hope you are wrong, but I fear you are right. When I went to the Astronaut Hall of Fame a few months ago, I learned that the first shuttles to orbit earth had the processing power of a calculator today -- amazing how quickly technology changes. Hopefully, all of us in the translation business will find ways to adapt and grow. <BR/><BR/>@Kevin: Yes, very fun. Putting text through several times is a great break from work; and it makes me laugh every time.<BR/><BR/>@Ryan: I hope this doesn't entirely happen during our careers, but if it does, surely we can find other professional applications for our skills. <I>Judy's computer just went out and bought itself a new German->Spanish financial dictionary, a USB flash drive, and some screen cleanser.</I> Hehe.Judy Jenner and Dagmar Jennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991071510108619107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-85170195431564929322009-01-07T09:42:00.000-08:002009-01-07T09:42:00.000-08:00@ThomasMy prediction is that translators will inde...@Thomas<BR/><BR/>My prediction is that translators will indeed someday be put out of work by machines, but at that point any realm of human activity will be replaceable by a machine. Including blog commenting :) <BR/><I>This comment brought to you by Ryan's computer.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-23625997795579219382009-01-07T08:38:00.000-08:002009-01-07T08:38:00.000-08:00Pretty funny, but I think in 20 years machine tran...Pretty funny, but I think in 20 years machine translations will be much better and do most of the translations and translators will be "downgraded" to correctors of pretranslated texts. Think back 20 years in pc history. The Coomodore 64 was state of the art and no one would have expected ipods, xboxes, laptops and internet on nearly every divice.Thomas Gruberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642512342770899491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-48826087075411142432009-01-07T08:08:00.000-08:002009-01-07T08:08:00.000-08:00For real fun, try putting the texts through that l...For <I>real</I> fun, try putting the texts through that loop a few times :-)Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-83960818640953073212009-01-06T02:17:00.000-08:002009-01-06T02:17:00.000-08:00I like "terminate my book." I get this image of Ar...I like "terminate my book." I get this image of Arnold Schwarzenegger coming into your house and shooting your book full of holes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com