http://www.due-east.org Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:54:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.due-east.org/2008/08/04/chinglish-the-perils-of-computer-translation/ http://www.due-east.org/2008/08/04/chinglish-the-perils-of-computer-translation/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:50:31 +0000 Due-East http://www.due-east.org/2008/08/04/chinglish-the-perils-of-computer-translation/     If you’re going to rely on a computer translation to name your restaurant in a foreign tongue, it’s probably best to follow these simple rules:

• Know enough of the target language to understand if your translation is at least somewhere in the general vicinity of being halfway near the point of possibly a tad bit close to what even unintelligent people may consider accurate.
• If you’re NOT familiar enough with the target language to do that, find someone that speaks the language and pantomime somehow to him that you’re trying to name your restaurant according to this translation. If he laughs or looks disturbed, it’s probably a good idea to try again with the translation.
• At least know enough about computers to know the difference between an error message and a valid translation.

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