Sunday, April 26, 2009

Machine Translation

So, here I am. Studying for my Spanish final. And my book is talking about the pros and cons of machine (computer) translation, and if it's even worth putting money into, b/c it's so darn complicated. And it's talking about how it's especially hard with words that have various meanings, and how they might be translated.

This one is my favorite

"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."=
"The vodka is good but the meat is rotten."

Perhaps we should do our translations by hand....

1 comment:

John said...

rofl. that made my day.