Marco's message and Google's Detect Language

Elizabeth Waterman lizwat@earthlink.net
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:53:40 PST
It detects Czech, Hungarian, and Dutch pretty well.  I have even given 
it Estonian and Latvian on occasion.  It is great for sketchy 
translations.  It has mistaken Czech for German a couple of times.

Liz W



Diane Whitehead wrote:
> I have discovered something new in Google Translate:   Detect Language.
>
> I wasn't sure which language Marco's out-of-office message was written  
> in, as Spanish to English didn't work at all, but Detect Language knew  
> it was Italian, and translated it.
>
> Very useful.  I wonder how it will manage with rarer languages?
>
> Diane Whitehead
>
>
>
>
> On 31-Dec-09, at 1:06 PM, Marco Liboni wrote:
>
>   
>> Sarò assente dall'ufficio a partire dal  31/12/2009 e non tornerò  
>> fino al
>> 11/01/2010.
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Re Google translations--if there's nothing else, they're useful, but I find 
them lacking for Spanish and French.  They're machine translations which are 
OK for non-literary issues. I haven't checked them for Russian, because mine 
is poor from lack of use but I can get an opinion from a guy who's fluent.


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From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com>
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Subject: [pbs] Marco's message and Google's Detect Language


I have discovered something new in Google Translate:   Detect Language.

I wasn't sure which language Marco's out-of-office message was written
in, as Spanish to English didn't work at all, but Detect Language knew
it was Italian, and translated it.

Very useful.  I wonder how it will manage with rarer languages?

Diane Whitehead




On 31-Dec-09, at 1:06 PM, Marco Liboni wrote:

> Sarò assente dall'ufficio a partire dal  31/12/2009 e non tornerò
> fino al
> 11/01/2010.

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