Comments on: Acan Media Globalized http://acanmedia.com/acan-media-globalized/ Conversational Marketing for the Wine Industry Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim Elliott http://acanmedia.com/acan-media-globalized/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Tim Elliott Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:54:21 +0000 http://acanmedia.com/?p=109#comment-517 Thanks for the feedback Marco. I'll leave in on for a few more days and if I get similar feedback on other languages I'll turn it off. Cheers Thanks for the feedback Marco. I’ll leave in on for a few more days and if I get similar feedback on other languages I’ll turn it off.

Cheers

]]> By: Marco Montez http://acanmedia.com/acan-media-globalized/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Marco Montez Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:42:16 +0000 http://acanmedia.com/?p=109#comment-516 Hi Tim, Just took a look at the Portuguese version. I can tell that translation software has come a long way... a few of the sentences actually translated perfectly. But really only a few sentences... Overall, in my opinion, it is very difficult for a Portuguese speaking person to read through the translated version. Funny at times, but overall very unpleasant reading. Another thing... a vast majority of Portuguese internet-savvy people can read English very well, so I question the need for offering a translated version. My 2c. Hi Tim,

Just took a look at the Portuguese version. I can tell that translation software has come a long way… a few of the sentences actually translated perfectly. But really only a few sentences… Overall, in my opinion, it is very difficult for a Portuguese speaking person to read through the translated version. Funny at times, but overall very unpleasant reading.

Another thing… a vast majority of Portuguese internet-savvy people can read English very well, so I question the need for offering a translated version.

My 2c.

]]> By: Tim Elliott http://acanmedia.com/acan-media-globalized/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Tim Elliott Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:25:29 +0000 http://acanmedia.com/?p=109#comment-515 An interesting idea that might be worth exploring if there was enough demand. My concern would be that I could not tell how good the translation was from Google's results so I'm not qualified to judge the quality of Mechanical Turk output either. Perhaps if I had a French or Spanish colleague that would work? An interesting idea that might be worth exploring if there was enough demand. My concern would be that I could not tell how good the translation was from Google’s results so I’m not qualified to judge the quality of Mechanical Turk output either. Perhaps if I had a French or Spanish colleague that would work?

]]> By: Randy http://acanmedia.com/acan-media-globalized/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Randy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:16:30 +0000 http://acanmedia.com/?p=109#comment-514 Tim, have you ever considered using a service like Amazon Mechanical Turk ("mturk") to get a blog posting translated by a real human being? Might be something worth considering. Tim, have you ever considered using a service like Amazon Mechanical Turk (“mturk”) to get a blog posting translated by a real human being? Might be something worth considering.

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