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From: John Stracke [mailto:francis(_at_)ecal(_dot_)com]
Probably worse than nothing, unless there are much better
translators than babelfish out there. WG discussions get
down to really niggly points; a translator that doesn't
work *perfectly* is likely to make things worse. At
least today, if we're talking through a language barrier,
there's a human brain doing the translation, able to
recognize problems and rephrase as needed.
Via babelfish.altavista.com, and translated from English to German and back
Probably falsely than nothing, it is it many better compilers/translators
than babelfish gives out there. WG discussions down on really arrive niggly
points; a compiler/translator, that does not operate * perfectly * is
probable to form things falsely. At least today, if we speak by a language
barrier, a human brain give it, which does the translation, able, to detect
and again-formulate problems, how uses.
And English/French/English:-
Probably worse than anything, unless there are translators much better than
the babelfish outside there. The discussions of WP descend really niggly at
the points; a translator who does not function * perfectly * is likely to
make things worse. At least today, if we speak by a linguistic barrier,
there let us be a human making translation, able brain identify problems and
reformulate them like necessary.
You can see the decay in the clarity of the original message.
If I had received something similar purporting to be from an IETF member in
a country that I didn't speak the language of, I would assume someone had
reinitialized Mark V. Chaney.
cheers,
Stewart