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Even professional translators have a hard time translating real time. To pick a random example, "There's Jim's dog. Look, he's so happy to see me." "
by yongjik 10y ago
Even professional translators have a hard time translating real time. To pick a random example,
"There's Jim's dog. Look, he's so happy to see me."
"Actually, it's she."
Try translating that into a language without grammatical gender: you could either spend thirty seconds explaining that English speakers have this weird habit of using different words for dogs based on their sex, or you're in for some serious improvization.
Or even better,
"There's Jim's brother."
Korean has a word for "elder brother", another for "younger sibling (of either sex)", but not a generic singular "brother of unspecified relative age". Good luck!
- onion2k 10y agoMachine translation may never be perfect. That doesn't mean it'll never be useful.