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Re: Joining sibling elements

2005-08-10 14:26:06
Hi, Joris,

I was referring to people translating documents in languages like English 
and Dutch for other people to read (I think that's what Marcin meant in 
her query).

I have sent a much longer response to your private address, since it 
wandered so far off topic.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)





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08/10/2005 03:16 PM
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Hi Jay,

Tempore 22:11:45, die 08/10/2005 AD, hinc in 
xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com scripsit 
<JBryant(_at_)s-s-t(_dot_)com>:

Basically, you get better
translation results if the translators can work on large blocks of
uninterrupted text. Lots of elements break up the text, which makes it
harder for the translators to follow the meaning and properly translate.
Even experienced, knowledgeable translators who have been trained about
which elements to ignore have trouble with this, as it's human nature to
try to make sense of what we see. Of course, the translators may also
inadvertently mangle the elements, too, but that doesn't hinder their
translation process.

I'm not sure if I'm following.

Are we speaking here about
                 - translation of natural languages? (e.g. Dutch -> 
English)
                 - human or computer translators?

I'm puzzled, really...

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