Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English
by OfSanguineFire on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:00PM
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> who has no obligation to know of Lincoln whatsoever
Part of being a decent translator is having a knowledge of the common cultural references of the source-language’s country/countries. Films very frequently generally play on local history or previous films or literature, and you are expected to be able to deal with that.
Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English
by lb1lf on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:08PM
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I suspect it was an early attempt at machine translation, or perhaps that the translators are paid so bad there is no incentive to pause even for a moment to evaluate if the translation makes sense in context.
Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English
by actionfromafar on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:57PM
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The problem is what you don't know you don't know. If your understanding is lacking, how do you know you're not watching a movie veering into the absurd?
Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English
by reaperducer on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @06:48PM
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The first one wouldn't be confusing, if it was plainly called Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech.
Do you seriously not know that a speech is an "address?"
So a Norwegian interpreter - who has no obligation to know of Lincoln whatsoever - can read it and reasonably interpret it as a request for an address in Gettysburg, for Mr Lincoln.