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Well, Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing was allegedly due to a translation error. It will certainly take time for a machine translation to catch up.
by red75prime 9y ago
Well, Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing was allegedly due to a translation error. It will certainly take time for a machine translation to catch up.
- jkaptur 9y agoCan you provide a source with more information about that, please?
- nocobot 9y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/21/opinion/l-good-translation-might-have-prevented-hiroshima-322089.html https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/21/opinion/l-good-translatio... Apparently the translation of the Japanese response to the Allies ultimatum calling for their surrender might have been faulty.
- red75prime 9y agoNew Approach to Legal Translation By Susan Šarčević ISBN 9041104011 chapter 7.4 page 201