Comments on: Is Automatic Translation for Business Blogs Useful? http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/ Sharing ideas, business experience and tips for professionals working from home Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:16:55 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Des Walsh http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-5918 Des Walsh Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:17:30 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/#comment-5918 Paul Thanks for the thoughtful comment. An interesting idea, to have the options. Paul
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. An interesting idea, to have the options.

]]> By: Paul Urban http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-5912 Paul Urban Sun, 31 May 2009 05:42:52 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/#comment-5912 A very interesting post and I can see both sides of the coin on this one. I do think that is shows a greater effort on behalf of the blogger to have there site available in other languages but again the translation needs to be of high quality, at present there is only about one or two tools available I would trust but that would not be 100%. I think the way to go would be use an online tool for basic translations of short informative posts, but outsource to a translator posts of high importance you require to be read internationally. Paul Urban] http://www.TravelHQR.com A very interesting post and I can see both sides of the coin on this one.
I do think that is shows a greater effort on behalf of the blogger to have there site available in other languages but again the translation needs to be of high quality, at present there is only about one or two tools available I would trust but that would not be 100%. I think the way to go would be use an online tool for basic translations of short informative posts, but outsource to a translator posts of high importance you require to be read internationally.
Paul Urban]
http://www.TravelHQR.com

]]> By: LingoTip http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-4092 LingoTip Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:16:58 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/#comment-4092 If you don't want to rely on automatic translations, you can try www.lingotip.com If you don’t want to rely on automatic translations, you can try http://www.lingotip.com

]]> By: Vertaling Engels http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-3733 Vertaling Engels Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:50:58 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/#comment-3733 True, automatic translations can sound so silly. It's something translators just love to point out and make jokes about on their blogs :) No, the translation business will not be out of business any time soon. True, automatic translations can sound so silly. It’s something translators just love to point out and make jokes about on their blogs :)
No, the translation business will not be out of business any time soon.

]]> By: English Dutch Translation Services http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 English Dutch Translation Services Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:54:50 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/10/08/is-automatic-translation-for-business-blogs-useful/#comment-2827 I would not recommend it. Usually these translated websites sound so strange that it is almost an offense to the reader to present it as a translation. Automatic translations can, however, be useful for oneself when surfing the web. Google translate is quite promising though, as this is human edited, so with a bit of luck after some time it might come up with translations that don't make you laugh. Or cry, depending on how you see it :) I would not recommend it. Usually these translated websites sound so strange that it is almost an offense to the reader to present it as a translation. Automatic translations can, however, be useful for oneself when surfing the web.

Google translate is quite promising though, as this is human edited, so with a bit of luck after some time it might come up with translations that don’t make you laugh. Or cry, depending on how you see it :)

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