Sample sequence: The cat sat on the mat Spanish Telegu Amharic Arabic English => The cat is saved online
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 at 14:38, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> wrote: > > All, Sarah got back to me about some further refinement of her translate > trick. See below -KAM > > > > I brought up your wonderful Google Translate tip (below) and there was > > a question on "what is a good sequence of languages for this test?" > > Any comments on how you decide that? I seem to remember you saying > > something about it at the conferences eons ago :-) > > > Hi Kevin, > > It's great that this is helping more people. I don't really have a set > order, but I do try to hop around between languages that wouldn't share > much in common. So, a romance language like Spanish or French, then hop > around the globe to something very unrelated, like Tagalog, then around > again to somewhere that doesn't have much shared linguistic history. I > believe I've said "one from every continent" in talks before, which > might be what you remember? > > Hope that helps, and thanks for spreading the word about this method! > > Sarah Kiniry > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org > <mailto:kmcgr...@apache.org>> wrote: > > Sarah, > > I brought up your wonderful Google Translate tip (below) and there > was a question on "what is a good sequence of languages for this > test?" Any comments on how you decide that? I seem to remember you > saying something about it at the conferences eons ago :-) > > Regards, > KAM > > > Another tool I recommend is using a Google Translate trick to see if > your writing is accessible to others in a different language. The > original trick was courtesy of Sarah Kiniry of cPanel but it is > effectively this: > > Use a tool like Google Translate > > Translate it into one language and then translate that into the next > language > > Progress through 4-5 languages. > > Don’t translate back to your original language between other languages > > Translate back to the original language. > > If some of the text doesn’t make sense, it might cause confusion in some > languages. > > > I spoke about this at the Chicago Roadshow and happy to share my slides > if others want but it is a great trick. > > > Regards, > > KAM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org
