Talk:Round-trip translation

I've restored the section added by user:DavidMCEddy that I reverted in error. --Wduff (talk) 20:49, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. If you know of other such services or software, it would be good to add them -- removing the word "Free" from the section heading.  "trans121.com" is the only one I know, and this article can make it easier for people to find such.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 21:02, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry I was in process of updating the article and your addition looked like an advertisement for RTT. --Wduff (talk) 16:50, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Could you please restore something? My suggested text was copied in a new section below.
 * Is it worth mentioning Babel Fish (website) as a historical record? The Wikipedia article on Babel Fish (website) should probably be updated: It currently says that Babel Fish "was replaced by Bing Translator," but it fails to mention that the Bing Translator is apparently defunct.
 * DavidMCEddy (talk) 17:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Original research
While the examples might be original research, other pertinent examples may be found in the papers I added to the 'Further reading' section. - FrancisTyers · 22:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

The example of the "spirit is willing" sample was hilarious! 212.248.194.93 12:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Years ago, I read an article in Reader's Digest about the development of computerized translation programs; if I recall correctly, in this version of the story, the intermediary language was French, and the resulting translation was, "The wine is agreeable, but the meat is spoiled." B7T (talk) 20:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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= Much Different.... =D =

Excellent example of engrish. I'm changing it to very. Asperger, he&#39;ll know. (talk) 18:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I feel this page needs more examples, but I'm not good for finding sources. The only major one I know is English-Russian: "Out of sight, out of mind" becomes "Invisible idiot". If someone can find a source for that one, it would help the page a lot. 86.26.154.153 (talk) 00:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Need for examples, preferably a list of such services
I believe this article needs examples of round-trip translation services. I added a link to the only one I know, namely {trans121.com} User:Wduff reverted this, without explaining why.

I applaud the earlier work of User:Wduff and others, who created this article and brought it to the stage it's in.

However, currently it reads like the article on Automotive industry would if someone deleted all the references to countries like the United States, Japan and China or to companies like Toyota or General Motors.

I'd be pleased if User:Wduff would explain why he reverted my addition. In reading the revision history, I see that over a year ago, User:Rui Gabriel Correia deleted over two thirds of this article that was, "anecdotal, trivia, OR, no sources, and most of it has nothing to do with "round-trip", but rather with wider concepts of MT and CAT. Page should in fact be deleted." I disagree with the latter claim: I think the article is useful, and I think it's utility was diminished by the apparent deletion of "a link to a useful online round-trip translation site", reportedly added by User:Hagiza121 in 2011.

I have no relationship to trans121.com or Microsoft other than as a casual user.

For easy reference in this discussion, the following is what I tried to add:

== Free round-trip translation services == * {trans121.com} is a free, automatic, round-trip translation web site that uses the Microsoft Translator. As of 2016-12-05 it claims to support translations between any pair of 44 languages. These include the top six in the List of languages by number of native speakers: Mandarin (both traditional and simplified), Spanish, English, Hindi, Arabic, and Portuguese. The list does not include Bengali (number 7) but does include Russian and Japanese (numbers 8 and 9). DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:34, 5 December 2016 (UTC)