Comments on: 2009: The First Google Translate Challenge http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/the-google-translate-challenge/ Expat making her way through the Thai language and culture Tue, 22 May 2012 23:28:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/the-google-translate-challenge/#comment-2217 Alex Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:41:53 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6539#comment-2217 I agree with pgarcia. It doesn't translate 100% correctly all the time, although it does do a good job - especially if one wants to translate a short excerpt of a document or something. I agree with pgarcia. It doesn’t translate 100% correctly all the time, although it does do a good job – especially if one wants to translate a short excerpt of a document or something.

]]> By: Catherine http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/the-google-translate-challenge/#comment-2087 Catherine Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:50:17 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6539#comment-2087 Andy, That is so priceless! We'll have to start a file for Google Translate snafus. Andy, That is so priceless! We’ll have to start a file for Google Translate snafus.

]]> By: Andy http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/the-google-translate-challenge/#comment-2077 Andy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:22:42 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6539#comment-2077 Using Google translate to get a quick overview on the titles of announcements in the Royal Gazette, the following brilliant piece of mistranslation has to be shared: เทศบัญญัติเทศบาลตำบลโป่ง เรื่อง การควบคุมกิจการที่เป็นอันตรายต่อสุขภาพ Local government ordinance on the control of the nipple is a threat to health. It should however be something like Municipal law of subdistrict municipality Pong on the control of businesses harmful to the health Using Google translate to get a quick overview on the titles of announcements in the Royal Gazette, the following brilliant piece of mistranslation has to be shared:

เทศบัญญัติเทศบาลตำบลโป่ง เรื่อง การควบคุมกิจการที่เป็นอันตรายต่อสุขภาพ

Local government ordinance on the control of the nipple is a threat to health.

It should however be something like

Municipal law of subdistrict municipality Pong on the control of businesses harmful to the health

]]> By: pgarcia http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/the-google-translate-challenge/#comment-1977 pgarcia Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:43:15 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=6539#comment-1977 I use the translator all the time and I think it does a great job. It may not offer an exact translation but it allows me to reach my final goal ( and the final goal in almost any communication): to understand and be understood. I use the translator all the time and I think it does a great job. It may not offer an exact translation but it allows me to reach my final goal ( and the final goal in almost any communication): to understand and be understood.

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