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Re:The 4,000 Lines of Code Harvard Hopes Will Change Transla... by denzil_correa on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @08:47AM (#17652687)
> the overall quality of English texts is noticably decreasing, from ALL of our customers.

Is it possible to qualitatively measure the quality of a text?

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Re:The 4,000 Lines of Code Harvard Hopes Will Change Transla... by not_a_terrorist on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:22PM (#17655656)
Yes, there are several grading systems. We don't use them. However, when I have to re-read a simple sentence or paragraph 4-5 times, and perharps read the whole text or even search about a product in order to understand what they are trying to say, then it's a pretty clear indication the text is muddy!
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Re:The 4,000 Lines of Code Harvard Hopes Will Change Transla... by superhuzza on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:01AM (#17653694)
Yeah, I think a pretty good job can be done with sppropriate criteria. This is essentially what grading systems try to achieve - I think the IB program has wrestled a lot with this idea.
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