Able to chat to players who speak a different language
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Another site which has done the same thing for years is babelfish.altavista.com. Of course, automatically translated text sometimes contains big goofs. ;)
I went to google translator and typed "I'm trying out google translator to see what happens." Translating this from English to German gives: "Ich bin von Google Übersetzer, um zu sehen, was passiert." Then from German back to English gives: "I'm from Google translator to see what happens."
I think something gets lost in the translation.
Edit: Crossposted with likesforests.
lanceuppercut
From german to English I gotten back the same thing. "I'm trying out google translator to see what happens."
likesforest made a very good point that some texts contain big goofs, however you still able to chat to someone who doen't speak english well.
Original Text:
Que alguien me diga si han visto a mi esposo
preguntaba la Doña
Se llama Ernesto, tiene cuarenta años
trabaja de celador, en un negocio de carros
llevaba camisa oscura y pantalón claro
Salió anoche y no ha regresado
y no sé ya qué pensar
likesforests' translation:
"Could anyone tell me if they've seen my husband?"
a woman was asking.
"His name's Ernesto and he's 40 years old.
He works as a guard at a car dealership.
He was wearing a dark shirt and light pants.
He left last night and hasn't returned
and I don't know what to think."
Google's translation:
That someone tell me if they have seen my husband
asked the Queen
His name is Ernesto, has forty years
celador works in a business car
wearing dark shirt and trousers clear
He left last night and has not returned
and I do not know what to think and
asked the Queen
His name is Ernesto, has forty years
celador works in a business car
wearing dark shirt and trousers clear
He left last night and has not returned
and I do not know what to think and
Altavista translation:
That somebody says to me if they have seen husband the Do6na asked Ernesto is called, has forty years works of watchman, in a business of cars it took dark shirt and clear trousers Left last night and it has not returned and I do not know since to think
lanceuppercut
That can enter as # 7 of Rael's Top Rarely use Trophies
You have to be really careful about idiomatic expressions... There was the case of an experiment with translation software in which the phrase "out of sight, out of mind" was translated from English to Russian, and then from Russian back to English. The result was "invisible lunatic."
matzleeach wrote:
lanceuppercut
That can enter as # 7 of Rael's Top Rarely use Trophies
Perhaps I shouldn't have deleted my post. I'll put it back:
Here's what I expect from online translators:
Go to this site for a laugh at translation errors.
Cowboys leg for dinner anyone?
Couldn't post the extracts directly as I would have gotten into trouble for "bad language" again. See guys I do learn!
Anyone, if you are easily offended, stay the f, stay the h, oh just stay away from the link. 
http://rahoi.com/2006/03/may-i-take-your-order/
lanceuppercut_239> Perhaps I shouldn't have deleted my post
Oh, I didn't mean to make you delete your post. I use online translators from time to time so I was just curious to see how Google stacks up against others. It's an improvement, although there's still plenty of room for misinterpretation.
I resently change my home page to iGoogle. With iGoogle I'm able to translate English to
And those languages back to English.
This is a wonderful tool because now I'm able to chat basically to anyone on chess.com who don't speak english.
I also wonder is it possible to add a tool like that on this site?
Well, I thought to share this information to the community