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Skriven 2009-05-21 22:36:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Stephen Haffly
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 -=> Quoting Stephen Haffly to Glen Jamieson <=-

Hello Stephen,

 GJ> Last year it produced two software packages that analyse large volumes
 GJ> of text for defence and national security applications.  It is also
 GJ> part of the consortium that is developing a hand-held voice-to-voice
 GJ> translating device for the US government's Defence Advanced Research
 GJ> Projects Agency.  If successful, this would allow a soldier to speak
 GJ> into a gadget that would convert the words into speech in colloquial
 GJ> Iraqi Arabic or another language.
 
 GJ> That is something that I remember from the realms of the science
 GJ> fiction of many years ago.

 SH> As one who has had a bit of experience translating between German and
 SH> English, I think that that will be a long time in coming to fruition.
 SH> Translation is very much of an art as well as a science.  A computer
 SH> may get the science correct, but has absolutely no sense of the art
 SH> needed to make the language sound right.  It would be interesting to
 SH> see how such a device would handle homonyms, for example.

After seeing the hash of what Babylon etc do to languages, I wondered
about that.  I recently heard an interview with a woman who did
translations "on the fly" for the UN.  As some jokes made by UN
delegates in one language didn't work at all when translated, she had
her own supply of different jokes she could insert into the
translations so that everyone laughed at the same time.  The UN
translating was very stressful, involving intense concentration, so
the translators could only work in 2 hour burst.  A mistake by a
translator could result in a major international incident!

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Persian Chickpea And Chicken Dumplings
 Categories: Iranian, Beans, Chicken, Dumplings
      Yield: 16 servings
 
      4 md Onions, peeled and
           Quartered
    1/2 lb Skinless, boneless chicken
           Breast
      8 oz (about 2-1/4 cups) chickpea
           Flour
      1 tb Olive oil
      1 ts Salt
      1 ts Freshly ground black pepper
    1/4 ts Turmeric
    1/2 ts Cardamom, or to taste
    1/2 ts Cumin
      4 qt Chicken soup
           Handful each of finely
           Chopped basil, parsley, mint
           And cilantro.
 
  Using a food processor with a steel blade, pulse onions until finely
  chopped. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Pulse chicken until it has
  the consistency of ground meat.
  
  Combine onions and chickpea flour in a bowl and mix well with hands.
  Add chicken, oil, salt, pepper, turmeric, cardamom and cumin. Mix
  well, adding a bit of water if needed, to make a dough about the
  consistency of meatballs. Refrigerate until well-chilled, about 3
  hours.
  
  Dip hands in cold water and divide mixture into 16 portions. Shape
  into balls about 2 inches in diameter. Bring soup to boil. Gently add
  dumplings one at a time and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes.
  Meanwhile, in a small bowl, toss together basil, parsley, mint and
  cilantro.
  
  Ladle soup and dumplings into serving bowls, and sprinkle with mixed
  herbs.
  
  Adapted from Azizeh Koshki
  
  From: Simon Bao To: Gastronomique
 
MMMMM
 

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