Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Adam, Tossing rocks against stone walls doesn't work. This isn't Babelfish - this is a very typical example of German linguistic complacency, the sentence structure is German, the choice of words too. I offered Leica my services as a translator a couple of years ago (with a couple of translated and/or corrected pages from their website, free of charge, as an example). They didn't even bother to answer, but then again, HAMA, Novoflex, Gossen, Metz, Culmann and others in the German photography segment, did reply and said that they already had someone working on it - he/she must be very slow, in two and a half years nothing has happened. Now I'm sticking to "smaller" companies ;-) - where it is generally accepted that their English may not be quite good enough for the global market. Like DaimlerChrysler, Siemens, VW, SAP, Motorola, Continental Tyres and even Masterfile Europe etc, etc,etc Douglas G2E Translations Hannover, Germany BTW, the best thing I found was a translation company which wrote, " We can dispose of 50 translators at any time" - dangerous business Adam Bridge wrote: >>> From the page about the new "Digital" Leica lenses: >> > > Leica lens book > Read in over than 80 pages about sufficient information on the actual > Leica M and -R lenses. The Leica philosophy on the optical design, the > manufacturing of the lenses and their construction as well as the > universal use are other subjects in this book. > > > In general I think a major manufacturer should NOT use Babelfish to do > its translation. Or at least they should employ someone who actually > speaks both languages fluently. > > There are some real hoots in the R8 motor drive manual too. > > Now I admit that I shouldn't toss rocks - but I wouldn't presume to do > a translation of anything into German... > > And now back to the Digital M... > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information