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While Youtube auto captioning has a superior performance compared to Google Translate output. In youtube translations there is much more language specific nuanc

While Youtube auto captioning has a superior performance compared to Google Translate output. In youtube translations there is much more language specific nuance. In many European languages a more formal word for the English word "you" exists, in German it is "Sie", French "Vous". Correct interpretations of these nuances are applied by Youtube, Google however translates "you" by default to the most formal option. So to me $1 dollar per minute sounds like an awesome deal because there is not much to adjust. Out of curiosity, can you link to such a gig company?

uncle_j 7y ago
Youtube auto captioning doesn't work for British Accents especially anything Northern English, Scottish or Welsh. The same with any voice control, It doesn't work with my west country accent.
qwerty456127 7y ago
> In many European languages a more formal word for the English word "you" exists, in German it is "Sie", French "Vous". Using formally-incorrect word for You is probably the least serious mistranslation possible. Everybody is going to get the meaning and, as long as they know that's a translation, nobody but a complete retard would complain about that seriously.
- lowdose 7y ago
  I just mentioned in this respect Youtube performance is better than Google. I do think the formal nuance is outdated and should be deleted. We know from Korean pilots that after switching to English as default in the cockpit a significant decrease in crash rates was accomplished. This was 100% ascribed to the lack of formal nuance in English. I have a hunch a lot of European languages are handicapped by similar conditions.
  - qwerty456127 7y ago
    Fun fact is English actually deprecated the informal (singular) "thou" instead of the tradition to address people you respect in plural.
ghaff 7y ago
I don’t know if it’s a gig company necessarily. As I understand it they don’t use Amazon Turk anymore but I use CastingWords and have been very happy with them. I think they’re just English though.
michaelt 7y ago
> Out of curiosity, can you link to such a gig company? The one mentioned in the article is https://www.rev.com/ https://www.rev.com/

uncle_j 7y ago

Youtube auto captioning doesn't work for British Accents especially anything Northern English, Scottish or Welsh. The same with any voice control, It doesn't work with my west country accent.

qwerty456127 7y ago

> In many European languages a more formal word for the English word "you" exists, in German it is "Sie", French "Vous". Using formally-incorrect word for You is probably the least serious mistranslation possible. Everybody is going to get the meaning and, as long as they know that's a translation, nobody but a complete retard would complain about that seriously.

lowdose 7y ago
I just mentioned in this respect Youtube performance is better than Google. I do think the formal nuance is outdated and should be deleted. We know from Korean pilots that after switching to English as default in the cockpit a significant decrease in crash rates was accomplished. This was 100% ascribed to the lack of formal nuance in English. I have a hunch a lot of European languages are handicapped by similar conditions.
- qwerty456127 7y ago
  Fun fact is English actually deprecated the informal (singular) "thou" instead of the tradition to address people you respect in plural.

ghaff 7y ago

I don’t know if it’s a gig company necessarily. As I understand it they don’t use Amazon Turk anymore but I use CastingWords and have been very happy with them. I think they’re just English though.

michaelt 7y ago

> Out of curiosity, can you link to such a gig company? The one mentioned in the article is https://www.rev.com/ https://www.rev.com/