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>on 3/26/2002 10:27 AM, Colter Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Why not send both the original message and the translated version?
>>>
>>> I agree... Please file a feature request for this:
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/fire
>>>
>>> We should also probably send the translations of incoming messages to the
>>> remote user so they know how their message is being interpreted. That way
>>> both people can see the complete transcript.
>>
>> I don't think this is a good idea. The fact that they're speaking *another
>> language* entirely should be clue enough that there may be some
>> miscommunications. Besides, even without Fire's help, miscommunications
>> happen when someone is speaking a language in which one is not fluent.
>> Miscommunications happen even when people are speaking the same language,
>> native to both speakers.
>>
>> All that will be accomplished by echoing back the translated copy is the
>> confusion of the remote user and and the convolution of the conversation.
>> If a Spanish-speaker is using Fire to talk with me in English, having the
>> Spanish translation of what I send them in English echoed back to me is
>> going to be of no use to me. I don't speak Spanish, so being able to see
>> how what I said translated is literally meaningless.
>
>If the other person is bilingual or understands some of the translated
>language it might help the conversation. You could have the word
>"Translation:" translated into the remote language preceding the translated
>text which would indicate automatic translation was happening.
>
>I think this makes sense at least as an option. (Certainly if a Spanish
>speaker was chatting with me using Fire and automatic translation, I would
>like to see the original text since I know some Spanish.)
>
>-Jason
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