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Friday, March 25, 2011

Google Translate Accuracy

Recommended reading: an article from Translation Journal (click on the title of this post or on the following link).

An Analysis of Google Translate Accuracy

by Milam Aiken and Shilpa Balan

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Although Google Translate provides translations among a large number of languages, the accuracies vary greatly. This study gives for the first time an estimate of how good a potential translation might be using the software. Our analysis shows that translations between European languages are usually good, while those involving Asian languages are often relatively poor. Further, the vast majority of language combinations probably provide sufficient accuracy for reading comprehension in college" (Aiken and Balan 2011).

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