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> The important difference is that the target readers can usually spot an egregiously bad translation. What, no, that's not true at all, that's like the second
by naniwaduni 5y ago
> The important difference is that the target readers can usually spot an egregiously bad translation.
What, no, that's not true at all, that's like the second biggest problem. GTL routinely does stuff like invert the meaning of clauses, or drop information, or hallucinate absent context. Target readers can't reasonably be expected to catch any of that.
- wpietri 5y agoIn which case it's not an egregiously bad translation, it's a subtly bad one. Progress of a sort, I guess!