[Foundation-l] Push translation

[Pavlo Shevelo]

> These days Google and other translate tools are good enough to use as
> the starting basis for an translated article

No, it's far not true - at least for such target language as Ukrainian etc.

So any attempt of "push" translation will be almost the disaster...


On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:57 AM, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Translation between wikis currently exists as a largely pulling
> paradigm: Someone on the target wiki finds an article in another
> language (English for example) and then pulls it to their language
> wiki.
>
> These days Google and other translate tools are good enough to use as
> the starting basis for an translated article, and we can consider how
> we make use of them in an active way. What is largely a "pull"
> paradigm can also be a "push" paradigm - we can use translation tools
> to "push" articles to other wikis.
>
> If there are issues, they can be overcome. The fact of the matter is
> that the vast majority of articles in English can be "pushed" over to
> other  languages, and fill a need for those topics in those languages.
>
> -SC
>
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