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Truth About Translation
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is the free Shareware version
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of Truth About Translation
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Enhanced Version
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Both programs are
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Copyright (c) 1995 and 1996
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By Alexander Gross.
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You can print out
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the entire text
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of this program
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from the file
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ALLTEXT.ASC
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or view this file
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at your leisure
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inside your word processor.
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The following program
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is about translating
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and interpreting
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foreign languages. It
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assumes that this subject
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may be somewhat
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unfamiliar to at
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least some viewers.
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Many people suppose
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translation is a simple
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process of substituting
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one word for another so
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that both languages
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match up perfectly.
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But matters are
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rarely this simple.
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Two languages may in
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fact say "the same thing"
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in very different ways.
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In some cases, they
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may not, strictly speaking,
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be saying "the
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same thing" at all.
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This means that trans-
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lators and interpreters
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must often exercise a
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high degree of personal
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judgment in their work.
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It means that translation
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is often not so much
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a science as an art.
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This is why no two
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translators are ever
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likely to produce exactly
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the same translation
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of the same written text.
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And why no two interpreters,
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who work with spoken language,
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will say precisely the
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very same words.
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Contrary to the
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expectation of some
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computer experts, language
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does not readily lend itself
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to predictable regularity.
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This is the chief reason
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why "machine translation"
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has so far proved
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relatively unsuccessful.
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Some believe computers
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can never handle the
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kind of language we
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use every day.
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What follows will
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show you some
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of the reasons
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why this may be so.
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You will see comments
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about translation spanning
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the last 2,500 years.
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You will find hilarious
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examples of poor translation
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by both man and computer.
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And you will encounter some
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novel ideas about language.
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If you enjoy this
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abridged version of
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"Truth About Translation,"
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you may wish to obtain
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the full program. You
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may do so by reading
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the files README.1ST
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or ORDER.DOC.
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