I somewhat agree. It is possible that translation may work better in
one direction then the other and therefore getting the two to match
may not produce the best translation. However, this is why it is an
option, and an easy one to add. From my experience, you DO get a
better translation when you get the 'translated' and 'translated back'
to match. I absolutely want this added feature.
On Feb 11, 8:38 pm, Josh (Google Employee) wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Translating from English to Russian and back and getting the same
> original English text back doesn't necessarily mean the Russian was a
> good translation. Nor does getting crazy results back. The English
> to Russian translation may have been perfect, but the translation back
> to English may have been bad.
>
> Best,
> Josh
>
> On Feb 11, 7:23 am, Bill wrote:
>
> > I find in translating from English to Russian and back, often the
> > translation is unintelligible. But, if I run the Russian back
> > through to English and keep tweaking it over and over I can finally
> > get a coherent version by changing word choice and order. I think if
> > you included a" re-translated" box as part of the application, it
> > would be easier to create a coherent translation, iteratively.
