Monday, June 25, 2007

Lost in Translation

This is the translated results of "I'm fine":

a) Dictionary.com Translator - 我优良是
Direct word by word translation, but wrong order for the sentence.

b) Altavista's BabelFish - 我是优良
Again it's the direct word by word translation, but at least the order is correct.

c) Google Translate - 我被罚款
This one is funny, the order is correct but the meaning is totally out.
罚款 is "fined" not "fine".
"Fine" should be 好 or
优良. And the present tense has become past tense.

Anyway, all the results are not the result I'd expected it to be.

When people asks "How are you?", the answer of "I'm fine" would be "
我很好"

But then Google Translate can argue that it's in "Beta" ;-)

~ Bee is learning stuff everyday!

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