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Re: English to Spanish Translation Software: Caveat
Subject:Re: English to Spanish Translation Software: Caveat From:Lee Bumgarner <jlbumgar -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Oct 1995 08:07:23 EDT
Techwhirlers:
A caution from David Dvorkin about English to Spanish translation
software:
>Translation software is a waste of time and money. Your friend
>will be better off using a professional translator.
>
>My wife is co-owner of a translation agency, but that's honestly
>not why I'm telling you this. Colleagues of hers report being
>hired to "clean up" translations that were done by software. The
>clean up always ends up as a complete translation from scratch,
>because the software has done such a bad job. Result is that the
>client pays double.
Lee Bumgarner
"Views are mine and not those of my employer."
