Monday, September 11, 2023

Example of AI translation

 

I used deepL to validate the accuracy of AI translations


1『風立ちぬ』



The word "kaze-tachinu" means "the wind rises" and is a line from a poem by French poet Paul Valéry in his "Cemetery by the Sea",but this MT has been translated as a wind storm.


2『木漏れ日』


The term "Komorebi" is often used in novels to refer to sunlight leaking through the leaves of trees.This MT translation translates in almost the same sense as the original meaning.


As these two examples show, even simple words cannot be translated as well as human words unless the context in which they are used and their origins are correctly understood.

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