[duxuser] Re: Very interesting back translation
- From: "Susan Stageberg" <stageberg.susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 14:24:33 -0500
I love it--blind under bus. Goodness let's hope not.
Susie
Susie Stageberg
Project ASSIST with Windows
Iowa Department for the Blind
(515) 281-1351
stageberg.susan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of Mike Gorse
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:15 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Very interesting back translation
Yeah, Joe fixes things like this when he learns of them, but
back-translating is challenging (especially when the Braille code is
ambiguous, not that this is the case with this particular example), and
our
back-translator tables aren't as well-tested as the forward translators.
It
reminds me of the way Freedom's old note-takers would back-translate
"blunderbus" as "blindunderbus"
Btw, I'll be sort of vacationing in Austin from the 20th through the
1st.
-Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Foxworth, Ann" <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Very interesting back translation
> Whenever I run across a word that has been back-translated in Duxbury
> and is presented in such an unusual way, I am reminded why back
> translating is just not a viable option. The word alacrity back
> translates as alacrossity. Also, the word acryllic back translates as
> acrossylic. Since the letters a c r come together in these two words,
> Duxbury translates them as the contraction for the word across (acr).
> Ann Foxworth, Braille Consultant Div. for Blind Services
> 4800 N. Lamar BLVD
> Austin, TX 78756
> PH: 512-377-0471,
> E-mail: ann.foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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