Monday, May 4, 2009

Why translation engines are awesome

I bought a cell phone here. I dialed a number to see how much money I have left. It printed stuff out in Vietnamese. I'm using Vdict.com to figure out what it means. The translations are brilliant. Google kind of makes sense. EvTran is bizarre beyond belief:

Quy khach Co 41844 Dong Trong Tai

Khoan chinh va 46701 Dong Trong Tai

Khoan Thuong. Thoi han su dung den 07/08/2009.

First Result (by Google):

You have 41844 line in.

Primary and Drilling 46701 line in.

Khoan Thuong. A restricted lifetime den 07/08/2009.

Second Result (by EvTran):

Convert khach Shrink 41844 intra-aural arrow-root.

Adenoid vegetation drill chinh 46701 intra-aural arrow-root.

Drill Thuong. Dung verdigris su Spindle is laced 07/08/2009.