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Where has the translation gone?

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Jolyon Ralph

Where has the translation gone?
December 17, 2001 07:13PM

I've just removed the translation service from mindat.org - as for quite some time now it's not been working. I will be putting up an alternative service from a different company soon!

Jolyon

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machv83

Re: Where has the translation gone?
December 17, 2001 11:02PM

Good choice!It was impossible to get a rational translation in greek or italian from the last company...

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Jolyon

Re: Where has the translation gone?
December 17, 2001 11:54PM

If anyone has any suggestions of who to use I'd be happy to know!

Jolyon

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Al P.

Re: Where has the translation gone?
December 18, 2001 07:37AM

Jolyon

Sorry, but I haven't used a readily availble commercial on-line translation program yet that was worth the powder to blow it to hell. The "translations" are just about meaningless.

I think it would take a field-specific translator, designed for mineralogy and geology. There are just too many "arcane" words that have no common language equivalents...

I had loads of fun trying to translate a paper on Laurion that was written in German, though. I can read a bit of German, so I got a lot of chuckles and some downright hoots out of the translations the program tried to feed me... :~}

Lots of luck finding something that actually works well enough to use here.

Best

Al Plante

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