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The original article, in French, is very well-written; the grammar didn't strike me as "basic", but rather the writing of someone used to getting messages acros
by laurentl 10y ago
The original article, in French, is very well-written; the grammar didn't strike me as "basic", but rather the writing of someone used to getting messages across clearly. Largely on par with most articles in French newspapers.
That said, the automatic translation holds up pretty well, except for some gender issues and mistranslation of colloquialisms.
- angry_octet 10y agoThe author is an experienced academic historian and hence the language is precise, perfectly formed and persuasive. Google Translate does indeed do quite well. Where GT fails is in colloquial context sensitive language, like IRC or facebook, where it is terrible.