Re:The Shallowness of Google Translate
by YeGoblynQueenne on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:08PM
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Your friends however will be able to keep track of the references to the same person in a conversation, even if they get the gender wrong. In GT's case it's evidence that it can't do that, and therefore will mangle longer passages that require this level of understanding.
Actually, no. Just a couple of days ago, when talking about a female colleague, they kept switching from "he" to "she" and back and forth. It's almost as if Mandarin has no "he" or "she" equivalents.
Re:The Shallowness of Google Translate
by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday February 04, 2018 @07:02AM
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But they were still talking about the same person, yes? That's what I mean about the references being constant.
For humans, anaphora resolution is child's play. For computers, it's very tricky.
I have Mandarin speaking friends (graduates of US universities), for whom English is a second language. They often use "she" instead of "he" (or vice versa) when referring to others.
If humans, who have been using English for 7-8 years, can't get this right, then I wouldn't call it a "big mistake". It is a mistake, for sure; but it's not the end of the world.