Eyeing expansion in the BRICs, eBay doubles down on machine learning and context translation

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Peter Simon
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Yes, "rather than just more standard word-by-word translations" clearly admits that MT is just that ... and often the source of completely irrelevant and impossible 'translation' solutions. Means too that most of what a CAT tool can do to us is also no more than giving words, often highly irrelevant. I've just posted a couple of examples in my blog... See more
Yes, "rather than just more standard word-by-word translations" clearly admits that MT is just that ... and often the source of completely irrelevant and impossible 'translation' solutions. Means too that most of what a CAT tool can do to us is also no more than giving words, often highly irrelevant. I've just posted a couple of examples in my blog at http://learnenglishinnetherlands.com/2014/03/14/the-extent-translation-is-correct/ for example, because I am becoming more and more irritated by the quality of those tools as I begin to use them. They constantly prove my original aversion against them. Engines that 'learn' may prove a bit more useful, but that also depends on the time and the available 'experience' the tool may be exposed to. I don't think I'll see the day.Collapse


 


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