tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.comments2023-05-30T10:07:44.851+02:00Language mysteryVictor Dewsberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-53722067541934357442023-01-14T19:09:38.492+01:002023-01-14T19:09:38.492+01:00Anonymous means transblawg here (Margaret)Anonymous means transblawg here (Margaret)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-68115671870671264752023-01-14T19:09:03.227+01:002023-01-14T19:09:03.227+01:00Great stuff - I will blog it.Great stuff - I will blog it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-82937503476727907882023-01-11T10:32:01.459+01:002023-01-11T10:32:01.459+01:00The global situation is even more complicated. Can...The global situation is even more complicated. Canada and South Africa use both systems (short scale in English, long scale in French and Afrikaans). And some countries, especially in South-East Asia, have a completely different traditional system, but in the academic and business world they also use the English system (usually the short scale, but in some cases the old long scale system)Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-36465528153776217222023-01-11T07:40:28.269+01:002023-01-11T07:40:28.269+01:00Useful and interesting, as usual.
Thank you!
I hav...Useful and interesting, as usual.<br />Thank you!<br />I have come across this issue a few times, but as it was usually about billion/Milliarde and did not involve any more such numbers, it was easily solved.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-24035077173464846152021-09-08T13:04:36.252+02:002021-09-08T13:04:36.252+02:00Completely agree with those 5 rules! Great text. :...Completely agree with those 5 rules! Great text. :)Tłumacz niemiecko polskihttps://skrivanek.pl/tlumaczenia-niemiecki/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-77802424493917439062021-05-11T18:49:07.513+02:002021-05-11T18:49:07.513+02:00I assume the English was "Load balance",...I assume the English was "Load balance", i.e. the balance in your account as a user. But of course e-scooters also need a different type of balance, otherwise you fall off. I just checked with DeepL and GT - neither of them has a clue, although they offer alternative (and even worse) howlers.Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-89469506613315036392021-05-08T21:06:30.054+02:002021-05-08T21:06:30.054+02:00You're right to conserve your energies with re...You're right to conserve your energies with regard to TAUS. They inhabit a certain lower layer of muck in the bulk market bog, and I've never seen an action or presentation from a member of that organization that has any real relevance to the sort of work we do. But like so many who huckster on behalf of the myth of machine superiority, they are, time and again, far too broad in their claims, which reveals a certain dishonesty in their entire agenda.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-72408548971076414062021-05-08T16:32:24.006+02:002021-05-08T16:32:24.006+02:00Thank you so much for these reflections, Victor. I...Thank you so much for these reflections, Victor. It's been a crazy year with world events, and too long since I've taken the time to "drop in" and read your thoughts, though it's always worth my time.<br /><br />"... is the content of our translation projects really worth taking a long time to say?" A good question, and one worth asking about more than just the translation projects. The question of value requires more than an answer consisting of an invoice amount.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-17346377595841706902021-05-08T16:28:34.896+02:002021-05-08T16:28:34.896+02:00Ack. I speak German, and I'm lost with that on...Ack. I speak German, and I'm lost with that one!Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-52240362606231990012021-04-23T06:48:27.236+02:002021-04-23T06:48:27.236+02:00A lovely example of machine mistranslation!!!A lovely example of machine mistranslation!!!Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-36391937334583738072021-04-23T06:31:09.739+02:002021-04-23T06:31:09.739+02:00My last translation project was 118 pages of desig...My last translation project was 118 pages of design guidelines for point of sale material for a manufacturer of writing, drawing and painting utensils - nothing that should take a long time to say, just a practical help for those who have the task to design such products.<br /><br />A funny example of machine translation I happened upon recently: My hometown has started to offer e-scooters for the famous 'last mile'. To use them, one needs to have an app. Opening the app, a button is shown "Gleichgewicht aufladen". It took me a moment to understand what they meant!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-25199699498978260072020-04-17T22:00:19.143+02:002020-04-17T22:00:19.143+02:00Such a informative article and i also write about ...Such a informative article and i also write about construction strategies and it planning and many more stuff you can also <a href="https://topconstructingcompany.blogspot.com/2020/04/top-5-construction-trends-that-are.html" rel="nofollow">read them</a> from my blog.BEST GENERAL CONTRACTORS IN CANADA.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03002789002232790228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-23846956799985849252019-12-05T08:56:11.122+01:002019-12-05T08:56:11.122+01:00Extra note (December 2019): I checked the sentence...Extra note (December 2019): I checked the sentence on DeepL, and it offered the German "Uns gingen die Beine aus" (= our supply of legs ran out). So although DeepL is sometimes a helpful reference tool for translators, it is still nowhere near a substitute for a competent human translator.Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-25577112067180193012019-03-15T09:59:35.899+01:002019-03-15T09:59:35.899+01:00Another take on the same idea:
https://twitter.com...Another take on the same idea:<br />https://twitter.com/rbrharrison/status/1106236194680119297<br />Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-66536114442785527382019-01-15T10:21:35.823+01:002019-01-15T10:21:35.823+01:00Technical translations can be tricky> I once s...Technical translations can be tricky> I once saw the word "Rack" (referrring to a computer rack) being translated into German as "Streckbank"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545217016367955558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-32471525346904269282019-01-11T06:57:32.931+01:002019-01-11T06:57:32.931+01:00Yes, context is king. This should be any translato...Yes, context is king. This should be any translator's credo!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-23523887788746637362018-07-20T12:45:30.795+02:002018-07-20T12:45:30.795+02:00Thank you for very interesting and useful post.Thank you for very interesting and useful post.Sudski tumač za engleskihttp://www.bgprevodi.rs/sudski-tumac/sudski-tumac-za-engleski-jezik/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-22231070934293536842018-07-12T12:14:39.689+02:002018-07-12T12:14:39.689+02:00Great post, thanks after a years later.Great post, thanks after a years later.Englisch übersetzerhttps://www.translator.eu/deutsch/englisch/ubersetzung/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-72739901850717875912018-03-12T09:19:40.803+01:002018-03-12T09:19:40.803+01:00Great!!post this article information is very impor...Great!!post this article information is very important for me. <a href="http://www.translationmigration.com.au" rel="nofollow">Translation and Migration Services</a>Rajendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06186260075507890302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-50217293912140470362017-12-28T10:17:03.204+01:002017-12-28T10:17:03.204+01:00Thanks for sharing.Thanks for sharing.Aazirahttps://www.ezeetranslate.com/certified-translations/birth-certificatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-66975241732263660742017-01-05T22:50:57.141+01:002017-01-05T22:50:57.141+01:00*It isn't*It isn't Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448424248991017365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-72973224955298387732017-01-05T22:49:40.207+01:002017-01-05T22:49:40.207+01:00"Christian values" hhhhh Christianity is..."Christian values" hhhhh Christianity is a middle eastern religion like Judaism and Islam.<br />European values=/= Christian values because isn't european.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448424248991017365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-86102342884738934232016-10-14T08:38:13.117+02:002016-10-14T08:38:13.117+02:00@Unknown: I got help from the Blogger forum on the...@Unknown: I got help from the Blogger forum on the font size. Basically, Google Blogger doesn't like text that is copy-pasted from Word and can't format it properly, but there are tricks to get round this even in the Blogger interface.<br />And thanks for the positive feedback - and to all others who have given encouraging responses, both here and in other channels.Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-85353916407977969792016-10-13T12:25:32.996+02:002016-10-13T12:25:32.996+02:00Excellent! I couldn't agree more.
The font s...Excellent! I couldn't agree more. <br /><br />The font size is OK on my PC but it's easy enough to make it appear larger by pressing Ctrl and the + keyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074842607122390662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998896801371077929.post-17707286993293971522016-10-13T10:32:37.979+02:002016-10-13T10:32:37.979+02:00I managed to get the text to a reasonable size. St...I managed to get the text to a reasonable size. Still not ideal, but I daren't use the format controls in Google/Blogger in case they make a pig's ear of it again.Victor Dewsberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342577630994069368noreply@blogger.com