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michelleba · 08-31-2009, 06:38 AM

The advantage that Google will have is that it's a collaborative effort. Google will search their translation memory for previous, human translations of the uploaded segment and show the translations in the Search Results tab. That means the TM will be absolutely HUGE and, although not perfect, the pool of collaborators will be so large that it will eventually be edited and greatly improved.

Also, Google is free. As many know, the CAT tools are exorbitantly expensive. Free will attract translators and even corporations. The downfall? Google will have the biggest ever data base of translations in the world. Eventually, Machine Translation will be close in quality to human translation, because humans will be contributing and editing so much of the translations.

08-31-2009, 06:38 AM	#4
michelleba Forum User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 98 Rep Power: 358	Re: Google The advantage that Google will have is that it's a collaborative effort. Google will search their translation memory for previous, human translations of the uploaded segment and show the translations in the Search Results tab. That means the TM will be absolutely HUGE and, although not perfect, the pool of collaborators will be so large that it will eventually be edited and greatly improved. Also, Google is free. As many know, the CAT tools are exorbitantly expensive. Free will attract translators and even corporations. The downfall? Google will have the biggest ever data base of translations in the world. Eventually, Machine Translation will be close in quality to human translation, because humans will be contributing and editing so much of the translations.