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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
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At 5:49 PM, May 19, 2016
Kathie had this to say...
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At 6:38 PM, May 19, 2016
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 6:38 PM, May 19, 2016
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 10:46 AM, May 20, 2016
Kathie had this to say...
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At 11:06 AM, May 20, 2016
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 7:07 PM, May 20, 2016
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Bing Translator:
-Already may ends. Where crowds of tourists in Crimea?
-Season yet.
-When the season begins?
-In travnì.
Google Translate:
- It is May ends. Where are the crowds of tourists in the Crimea?
- Still out of season.
- And when the season starts?
- In travnі.
To be fair, травень is Ukrainian and the rest is Russia.
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You're more charitable than I would be :-)
After all, neither of these computer translation programs is able to render the full meaning of the text without additional, significant human intervention -- unless the reader already recognizes what language травень is in and its meaning (which I didn't).
In other words, there's still real need for skilled human translators.
Of course there is. But most Russian-to-English translators wouldn't know "traven", either - it's not a Russian word.
That's why I said "skilled" :-)))
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