>I am looking for a good API/Web service for translation of english to >other languages. Anyone here work with any real good ones? > >Thanks!
Machine translation is passable for casual browsing for your own purposes, but it isn't good enough to use in place of a human translator. Even for a person that is fluent in both languages, it is difficult work. I have done some english-spanish / spanish-english translation and I can attest to how hard it is. When you see high quality translations of good novels, for instnace, you probably take for granted the amount of labor that goes into the translated text. I had a literature professor in Spain who had translated a couple of Balzac novels from french into spanish. He described it as a labor of love because it was exremely difficult and paid very poorly for the amount of work involved. Don't be surprised if you use machine translation and end up with something non-sensical or totally offensive to your readers. That's no joke, either, it is a very real problem with machine translation. There is a reason good interpreters make the same kind of money as good software engineers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157029 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
