Comments on: Episode 2: Review of the American Translators Association Conference http://speakingoftranslation.com/2008/12/18/episode-2-review-of-the-american-translators-association-conference/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:16:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Harun http://speakingoftranslation.com/2008/12/18/episode-2-review-of-the-american-translators-association-conference/#comment-21 Harun Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:14:22 +0000 http://speakingoftranslation.com/?p=149#comment-21 Thanks for the episode! If there's one thing I've learned, it is that untrained (and untrainable) Machine Translation (such as GoogleTranslate) is hilarious at best. If you're using the right tool that combines trainable MT and TM, then it makes a difference. I wonder if Google will ever resurrect the "Google Translation Center" anytime. That might work for opensourcers. Thanks for the episode!

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it is that untrained (and untrainable) Machine Translation (such as GoogleTranslate) is hilarious at best. If you’re using the right tool that combines trainable MT and TM, then it makes a difference.

I wonder if Google will ever resurrect the “Google Translation Center” anytime. That might work for opensourcers.

]]> By: Corinne McKay http://speakingoftranslation.com/2008/12/18/episode-2-review-of-the-american-translators-association-conference/#comment-17 Corinne McKay Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:26:07 +0000 http://speakingoftranslation.com/?p=149#comment-17 @Judy, thanks so much! It's definitely fun to let out the inner Melissa Block (as if...) every once in a while, glad you enjoy it. And don't be fooled, the technology side is *all* (and I mean all!) Eve, she's the magician behind the curtain! @Michael, glad you enjoyed it. The "chunking" idea was Eve's brilliant thought about how to break the episode down into manageable pieces, just in case you don't fancy listening for 40 minutes! @Judy, thanks so much! It’s definitely fun to let out the inner Melissa Block (as if…) every once in a while, glad you enjoy it. And don’t be fooled, the technology side is *all* (and I mean all!) Eve, she’s the magician behind the curtain!

@Michael, glad you enjoyed it. The “chunking” idea was Eve’s brilliant thought about how to break the episode down into manageable pieces, just in case you don’t fancy listening for 40 minutes!

]]> By: Michael http://speakingoftranslation.com/2008/12/18/episode-2-review-of-the-american-translators-association-conference/#comment-16 Michael Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:06:58 +0000 http://speakingoftranslation.com/?p=149#comment-16 Very cool, Eve & Corinne. I was wondering how you would handle the large amount of information, and you did a great job. The amount of work involved to get the podcast ready is a bit of a barrier to overcome – so thank you especially that you made the effort. Very cool, Eve & Corinne. I was wondering how you would handle the large amount of information, and you did a great job. The amount of work involved to get the podcast ready is a bit of a barrier to overcome – so thank you especially that you made the effort.

]]> By: Judy Jenner http://speakingoftranslation.com/2008/12/18/episode-2-review-of-the-american-translators-association-conference/#comment-15 Judy Jenner Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:21:41 +0000 http://speakingoftranslation.com/?p=149#comment-15 Congratulations, Eve and Corinne! Episode #2 is just as great as Episode #1. You did a fantastic job at getting all this great audio together, and even though I was there, I enjoyed listening to all the mini interviews, especially Ted's and Michael's. This is very useful information for linguists from all over the world; no wonder you are getting so many hits! Plus, your voices sound fantastic (as opposed to mine); perhaps you have a future career in radio? I really like how you are putting a face (well, two voices) to the sometimes very anonymous and detached world of online information exchange. Keep up with the great work! You really are the Voices of Translation. Congratulations, Eve and Corinne! Episode #2 is just as great as Episode #1. You did a fantastic job at getting all this great audio together, and even though I was there, I enjoyed listening to all the mini interviews, especially Ted’s and Michael’s. This is very useful information for linguists from all over the world; no wonder you are getting so many hits! Plus, your voices sound fantastic (as opposed to mine); perhaps you have a future career in radio?

I really like how you are putting a face (well, two voices) to the sometimes very anonymous and detached world of online information exchange. Keep up with the great work! You really are the Voices of Translation.

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