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In a message dated 98-07-22 11:49:13 EDT, you write:
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The scary thing is that many localization job shops are using such software
*today* for their contracts. Sometimes, it seems, without much human editing
after it's run through the software.
Mike
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Yes, it is very worrying, with so many junior writers using this Newsgroup as
a learning tool. You can almost hear them saying, Wow, I'll go and get that!
They would be well advised to subscribe to a translation newsgroup.
I'm sure that many of us have received poor translation, done entirely by
human beings, so why would we expect a robot to be superior?
