Translation S-Chinese to English

[rogerinca]

I have two Simp-Chinese machine translations attached below, for the the sentence "My wife is Chinese". The first five characters are the same, but the final two or three are different ??

 

For you native Chinese speakers, which of these two would be viewed as most accurate ?? I do understand that machine translation leaves much to be desired.

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊǺºÓï (Babel Fish)

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇÖйúÈË (Google)

[tonado]

The google one is correct.

[Smitty]

I'm not a native Chinese reader or speaker, but I'd go with the Google translation.

 

Where abouts at Google did you find translation service?

[Guest Mike and Lily]

The first one says "My wife is Chinese language". That's according to my wife.

[rogerinca]

I'm not a native Chinese reader or speaker, but I'd go with the Google translation.

 

Where abouts at Google did you find translation service?

 

 

To the left of the data entry bar, and labeled: Language Tools

[Randy W]

Yes - the last 3 characters of Google's are "Zhong Guo Ren"

 

Google's translator is at http://translate.google.com/translate_t

 

It and Babble-fish are almost exactly the same - very few differences.

[Smitty]

Thanks for the info/links guys!

 

Also, from the translation widget, the Babelfish translation looks like the Simplified Han. Traditional Han would be ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇhÕZ

 

Or maybe not. That's what the computer gives me.

[Smitty]

And I just plugged the Google translation into the widget to get a backwards translation.

 

Traditional Han was undefined, and Simplified Han was "My wife is the Chinese."

 

So, Roger, it looks like your wife is the embodiment of China!

[tonado]

Thanks for the info/links guys!

 

Also, from the translation widget, the Babelfish translation looks like the Simplified Han. Traditional Han would be ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇhÕZ

 

Or maybe not. That's what the computer gives me.

 

Like Mike's wife said, it translates to "My wife is the Chinese language".

[tonado]

The first one says "My wife is Chinese language". That's according to my wife.

 

She is so correct. Chinese is my first language.

[Dennis143]

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊǺºÓï (Babel Fish)

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇÖйúÈË (Google)

Translating these back into Babel Fish:

 

My wife is Chinese (Babel Fish)

 

My wife is the Chinese (Google)

[rogerinca]

So, I guess the Google version..... My wife is Chinese: ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇÖйúÈË is most correct ??

 

Thanks all !!

[rogerinca]

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊǺºÓï (Babel Fish)

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇÖйúÈË (Google)

Translating these back into Babel Fish:

 

My wife is Chinese (Babel Fish)

 

My wife is the Chinese (Google)

 

 

Babel Fish gave me the opposite....it added 'the' and Google did not add 'the' to the translation ?? I used Simp-Chinese for each application.

[david_dawei]

they are both wrong....

 

1. drop the "de"... or else she's going to drop you with a mop slap !!

 

Using "de" conveys she is your possession

 

Just say, "wo qi zi..."

 

2. That is also using: Qi Zi for wife... which is fine.

 

but Lao Po and Tai Tai are used also... best to find out what she likes you to use...

[tonado]

they are both wrong....

 

1. drop the "de"... or else she's going to drop you with a mop slap !!

 

Using "de" conveys she is your possession

 

Just say, "wo qi zi..."

 

2. That is also using: Qi Zi for wife... which is fine.

 

but Lao Po and Tai Tai are used also... best to find out what she likes you to use...

 

Not true.

 

 

ÎÒµÄÆÞ×ÓÊÇÖйúÈË

 

"de" in this context means "is".

 

Since this is a formal translation, avoid using Lao Po and Tai Tai. ÆÞ×Ó is best.

Edited April 14, 2008 by tonado (see edit history)