Thursday, January 16, 2014

Lorem ipsum in English, according to Google Translate

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Granted, " Lorem ipsum " is nonsensical garbage to begin with. It is still difficult to see how Google Translate gets what it doe...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Death of Craigslist

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There are times when you realize that something is over. Like when you notice that there are signs everywhere (literally—actual signs) sayin...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

ALL Translation Ads on Seattle Craigslist Being Flagged

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I posted this to Craigslist at 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. I also wrote to Craigslist and received their usual, and unhelpful, ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Discourse on the freedom of thought, speech, and the press

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This essay by José María Luis Mora is a defense of the freedom of speech and of the press that deserves to be much more widely known. One wa...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

Understanding Google Translate

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A small case study in how Google Translate fails to deliver your intended message clearly, unambiguously, and professionally. Whether yo...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

"We hold these truths to be self-evident..."

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I went out to find different Spanish translations of Barack Obama's Second Inaugural Address. At this early stage, the day after, there ...
Friday, January 18, 2013

"You know, all those dictionaries aren't going to do you any good."

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The translator was entering the university classroom, not to take a class, but to take a grueling, three-hour, pencil-and-paper translation ...