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This might be useful for just checking the general content of a chapter you're interested in if it hasn't been translated yet, but it's not clear if it handles
by theogravity 2y ago
This might be useful for just checking the general content of a chapter you're interested in if it hasn't been translated yet, but it's not clear if it handles things like varying fonts / sizes used to convey the emotion of spoken dialog, does consistent translation (eg does it remember stylistic choices it has made chapters before it), or handles tricky items that might be difficult to localize.
Also, how does it work, what is the tech behind it? Are you doing any of the training yourself?
- spondylosaurus 2y agoAnother thing I'm not sure machine translation can really "nail" is cultural context, or even little linguistic cues and other tidbits. I like when translators explain in the margins that one character is speaking in a certain register for XYZ reason, or that there's been a shift in a certain relationship signaled by a change in how they address each other, etc. That said, I did just read a great series last night whose human translation ended right before the final two volumes, and hasn't been updated in nearly 8 years... so I may need to try some machine translation on those last two volumes just to see how things end.