Irish Translation Forum

BridMhor wrote:

Tenebre wrote:You speak Icelandic

If I spoke Icelandic I wouldn't need Google translator

Lol, sigh...I wish I spoke Irish better. But i have so many assignments.....Maths, English, Biology, Ancient History, Economics, and I have work and I'm working on my novel.... I would study at school during my free periods, but eveyrbody at school thinks I speak Irish fluently, so can't exactly sit in study hall studying Irish.

BridMhor wrote:

Tenebre wrote:You speak Icelandic

If I spoke Icelandic I wouldn't need Google translator

Then how do you know they're terrible?

iora_rua wrote:

BridMhor wrote:

Tenebre wrote:You speak Icelandic

If I spoke Icelandic I wouldn't need Google translator

Then how do you know they're terrible?

The English translation doesn't make sense.

Tenebre wrote:I would study at school during my free periods, but eveyrbody at school thinks I speak Irish fluently, so can't exactly sit in study hall studying Irish.

You could tell them you're just studying to make sure your Irish doesn't detriorate while you're in Oz. Or that you're studying grammar (even fluent native speakers have to study grammar). Or you could be honest. Either way, study hall sounds like a good place to study Irish, since your mind is already in "studying" mode.

Google Translate will improve, and not just because they will keep working on it. As I understand it, the system constantly gathers data and improves itself by comparing bilingual texts. That's why occasionally Google will "translate" a city name into a completely different city. If a press release, say, is available in two languages, the English version might have the address of the U.S. office at the bottom, and the French version will have the address of the French office at the bottom, leading the software to conclude that Anytown = Beaumont-sur-Mer.

mhwombat wrote:Google Translate will improve, and not just because they will keep working on it. As I understand it, the system constantly gathers data and improves itself by comparing bilingual texts. That's why occasionally Google will "translate" a city name into a completely different city. If a press release, say, is available in two languages, the English version might have the address of the U.S. office at the bottom, and the French version will have the address of the French office at the bottom, leading the software to conclude that Anytown = Beaumont-sur-Mer.

There is actually a "suggest a better translation"-option. If you see a messed-up translation on Google, you can submit a better translation by hitting a button on the right side of the screen and typing in your translation. Google will use such suggestions to improve the translator.

BridMhor wrote: The English translation doesn't make sense.

Oh, ok... you make translations from Icelandic. Well, my Icelandic is iffy at best, but let me know any time you might need some help with it.

iora_rua wrote:

BridMhor wrote: The English translation doesn't make sense.

Oh, ok... you make translations from Icelandic. Well, my Icelandic is iffy at best, but let me know any time you might need some help with it.

Thank you - it's just somebody I know on Facebook.