> On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 at 21:59, Rod Webster <r...@vmn.com.au> wrote: > >> It is possible to generate translations on the fly on a web site using >> Google Translate. > > There is an interesting problem with computer translation, which needs > to be kept in mind and that is character encoding. > There is some risk of scrambling everything and not knowing if you > don't speak the language. > (This would be equivalent of taking a text in plain ascii and > displaying it in rot13 encoding. Unless you can read the language, it > would look just fine to you if you can not read latin script). > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake >
FWIW, I would worry you would end up with some documentation like the Chinese to English translations you get when you buy stuff from China. Just a thought. Joe > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
