I had this student who thought he could beat the system and pass in an English writing assignment that he had clearly written in Chinese and translated online. When I asked him if he had put his assignment through Google Translate, he looked sheepish for a minute and then asked me, “How did Read more…
I have done another post about machine translations (here), but felt like it was time to do another after having just tested out the new Skype translation feature with my friend. It was one of the most hilarious conversations I have had in a while.
First, my friend and I tried the written translation feature. My friend is from Taiwan, so we were writing in Chinese with some English mixed in. The translations weren’t terrible, but there were some problems. (more…)