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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:55:45 +0000

[...] Blog Herald switched to human translations, launched Blog Herald Japan and are reporting success with [...]

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901am Japan Launched : The Blog Herald — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:03:26 +0000

[...] is not machine-translated, mind you. We have explored that option before, but we realized there is no substitute for the human factor when it comes to translation. 901am Japan is another [...]

By: Human Translators Superior to Automatic Blog Translations

Human Translators Superior to Automatic Blog Translations — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:56:49 +0000

[...] The Blog Herald switched to human translations, launched Blog Herald Japan and are reporting success with it. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:45:13 +0000

Just an update on these BH Japan stats. In less than a week since this post, Alexa is now showing 15% of BH users are from Japan, with BH having a position of 5,273 in Japan and that 5% of BH users go to http://jp.blogherald.com, up from 3%. I thought this noteworthy for any other blog owner thinking of doing the same thing, as one might have put the initial momentum down to it just being something “new” in Japanese blogosphere.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:28:29 +0000

403 errors are being reported elsewhere too. But I think the new version of the Angsuman plugin they point to may fix this issue. I tried caching, but that is not helping anymore. Maybe too many users are using these plugins.

By: deucle

deucle — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:05:53 +0000

it is an interesting site, I will go back there

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:36:35 +0000

Norman Wisdom- absolutely classic! Spanish is definitely one of the next ones coming.

By: Into Spanish

Into Spanish — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:57:13 +0000

Congratulations for your human Japanese translations, way to go. Ever considered the Spanish-speaking audience?

By: robson

robson — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:20:02 +0000

They say Google are working hard on this, but for the time being MT (machine translation) is showing great reluctance in keeping instep with Moore’s law.

Funny stories abound caused by bad MT. My favourite occurred during an EU Parliament debate during which the French representative called for a ‘sagesse Normande’ quickly translated into ‘what we need here is Norman Wisdom’ That’s for those old enough to remember the English comic, Mr Wisdom. Cultural differences not to mention the pure nonsense sometimes found in languages should keep MT at bay for any half serious work, for a good while yet.