Hi all,
I have been continuously reading and responding to your feedback.
We're sorry to hear you're unhappy with the new UI.
So far all I can offer, is you can turn off on-the-fly translation
with:
http://translate.google.com/?otf=0
We're looking into the other issues and will address them.
Best,
Josh
On Nov 22, 2:34 am, f.kafka wrote:
> it reflects perfectly my opninion, as i told several times in this
> topic. But it seems that the Google staff ignore our feedback....
>
> On Nov 21, 7:39 pm, Bernardo wrote:
>
> > My sentiments exactly.
>
> > On Nov 21, 7:25 pm, scotty wrote:
>
> > > I forgot to add (as another user has noted) - The Portuguese/English
> > > translation function has become completely useless with this "new
> > > Improvement". It was never precise (and I never expected perfection),
> > > but it continually improved in accuracy every time I used it (and I
> > > loved it and recommended it to friend and colleagues) - with the
> > > "Improved" version it will not even translate a simple sentence. My
> > > "cut and paste" translations return some words in the original
> > > language, and some in the target language, and some are lost
> > > altogether - and it will not even translate a three word sentence -
> > > this never happened before - I don't know about other languages....but
> > > judging by the overwhelming negative feedback I don't think you hit a
> > > home run with this "Improvement." - You know, the simple rules are the
> > > best.... "If it ain't broke...."
>
> > > I can no longer in good conscience, recommend this product to either
> > > friends or colleagues. In fact, I have serious doubts about the
> > > efficacy of an organization that would allow the destruction of a fine
> > > product. (In my organization, after reading the customer feedback
> > > associated with this "Improvement," people would be very very
> > > nervous...) Given your stellar reputation, I humbly believe that you
> > > owe your customers an explanation - or at least a statement regarding
> > > recognition of the "OOPS" failure/problem, and your plans to rectify
> > > the situation, and regain your customer confidence and loyalty... but
> > > maybe that's just me...
>
> > > Please give us back the product we loved, or as a gesture of your
> > > integrity - direct us to other sites (yours or competitors') that
> > > actually work....
>
> > > thank you again,
>
> > > Scott
>
> > > On Nov 21, 12:05 pm, scotty wrote:
>
> > > > Google -
>
> > > > PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - go back to the old version of Google
> > > > Translate....!
>
> > > > Your product was clearly the best available, and I relied on it
> > > > extensively.
>
> > > > Your new "improvements," while I'm sure were designed to make a great
> > > > product even better - have sent you back to the stone ages. Whatever
> > > > you gained in technological edge/improvement - you have completely
> > > > lost in usability - and at Google - you know that is the key to
> > > > webuse.
>
> > > > I can no longer even translate the simplest phrases - I don't care
> > > > about "realtime" translation - that is a "nice to have" and quite
> > > > useless if one can't navigate the website.
>
> > > > Any goos translation site must have side-by-side translation - it's
> > > > intuitive to the human brain for accurate recognition and processing -
> > > > you should know that.
>
> > > > I can't even make the site work anymore - you have taken the best
> > > > translation site on the web to an unusable shell of its former self -
> > > > Are you trying to send me to your competitors...!?!?!
>
> > > > Please go back to the user-friendly great site that you were.
>
> > > > Google, in my opinion, is a trusted brand connoting excellence and
> > > > high quality - as well as user ease. This "Improvement" has set that
> > > > reputation back beyond "Yahoo Levels" in my opinion.
>
> > > > Please gives us back the product we loved and respected you for....
>
> > > > thank you,
>
> > > > Scott- Hide quoted text -
>
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