Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by toxik on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:54PM
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Google Translate is state of the art, so I’m not sure why that would be surprising. That said, is there something wrong with the translations offered?
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Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by shakow on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:09PM
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> Google Translate is state of the art
For French/English/German, DeepL is much better IME.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by dataflow on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:02PM
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> That said, is there something wrong with the translations offered?
I think in French hello = "bonjour" and hi = "salut"... not sure where "bonjours" and "salutations" came from.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by T-A on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:15PM
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The Italian "auguri" means "best wishes"; "chiamatemi" means "call me". Neither is a plausible translation of "hello". The obvious one, "ciao", is missing.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by e17 on Friday June 11, 2021 @05:17AM
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I thought Hello was invented with the telephone. Prior to that, English greetings were good morning/evening. What do Italians and French say when they pick up the phone? Allora?
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by shakow on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:11PM
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"Bonjours" doesn't exist, and "salutations" is a tad quirky, but OK in informal settings, especially when addressing many people at once.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by tasogare on Thursday June 10, 2021 @08:13PM
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No, bonjours exists (it's simply the plural form of bonjour used as a noun) but the contexts it is used are very very infrequent so it's weird to find it in that list.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by a1369209993 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:11PM
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Compare "I said my hellos and goodbyes." in English. It's definitely a word, just so uncommon as to be largely irrelevant in most practical contexts.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by toxik on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:17AM
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It's very clearly semantically related though? I don't understand the complaint here.
Re:Using aligned word vectors for instant translations with ...
by numpad0 on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:51AM
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It seems to be a very domain specific solution, they are trying to present versions of words in customer requested domain names if already taken.
Like you type in “stargazer. com”, system sees it’s already registered, and returns a “sorry sir it’s taken” page, with similar words listed as “but maybe try these words: astronomer, observatory, telescope, shooting star...”.
So it’s not serious translation, more of an inexpensive quick dictionary search. I guess it’s okay for its intended purposes.