Resource Microsoft says its AI can translate Chinese as well as a human

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  1. xTachibana

    xTachibana Wincest King

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    I doubt it. Only people that speak only 1 language think that you can somehow do lit translations and have it be near the same or even equal to a proper translation. Even if you translate word for word, you still need to convey the actual meaning into English, which may be completely different from what it sounds like/means in its original language if you do a lit translation.
     
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  2. readerz

    readerz Madam Jin

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    Systran

    The sports team will obtain a big food allowance every year, therefore the cafeteria is not only excellent in quality and reasonable in price, the meals is also very sumptuous. Sometimes cottons up to the chef of serving, but can also come a ladle vegetable.

    Baidu

    The bulk of the team gets a lot of food subsidies every year, so the canteen is not only cheap, but also rich in food. Sometimes with the dish chef condom, but also more spoon vegetables.

    Bing/Microsoft

    The Body Works Brigade receives a large amount of food subsidy every year, so the canteen is not only inexpensive, the food is also abundant. Sometimes you can have a spoon with a chef who has a dish.

    Google translate

    Every year, the sports team receives a large amount of food subsidies. Therefore, the canteens are not only inexpensive, but also have good food. Sometimes the cooks with the Shengcai food are almost even more spoonful.
     
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  3. Princess Renesmee

    Princess Renesmee Cry baby

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    I've never use bing or microsoft neural before, so I want to give it try...
    This is raw from "Rebirth of The Rich an Wealthy" chp 13:
    纪柔轻轻打开门,陆安然先一步进了门,一进门就瞧见陆剑豪坐在书桌后面,书桌上还摆着几本陆安然叫不出名字的英文原版书籍。他的手上拿着一个相框,眼角似乎还有一点未擦干的湿润。

    Google translate
    Ji Ruo softly opened the door, Lu Enran first stepped the door, and once he entered the door, he saw Lu Jianhao sitting behind the desk, and there were several English original books on the desk that could not be named. He held a photo frame in his hand and his eyes seemed to have a little wetness.

    Bing
    Guiro gently open the door, Lu Enron first step into the door, a door to see Lu Jianhao sitting behind the desk, there are still some on the desk in the name of the original English book. He had a picture frame in his hand, and there seemed to be a little dry wet in the corner of his eye.

    Microsoft Neural
    JiRou gently open the door, Lu Enron first step into the door, a door to see Lu Jianhao sitting behind the desk, the desk is also placed a few Lu Enron called the name of the original English books. His hand holding a photo frame, the corner of the eye seems to have a little dry moist.

    I think google translates that paragraph more subtly than bing/microsoft.
    Hope it works better in the future.
     
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    ToastedRossi Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, dialects can be different enough from one another that they can be considered separate languages. But this distinction is mostly on the spoken level, and almost nothing is written in the different dialects. So it's basically someone trying to sound smart but actually betraying his ignorance instead.
     
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    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    Eh? This is a lie, I tell you! Ai chan never worked for microsoft
     
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    Machine translation quality just doubled. It's already superior to many fan translators, although it still can't compare to pros. You can try it yourself on their site "translate.ai".
    How long will it take before AI completely overtakes humans in translating? A couple years? A decade?
    Anyway this will make sites like lnmtl much more popular since it'll kill less braincells than their current "translations".
    Discuss below
    https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/14/microsoft-ai-can-translate-chinese-as-well-as-a-human/
     
  7. pocketbear

    pocketbear !!!!!!!

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    Dude if this actually does work well there are so many novels waiting for me in the danmei room
     
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    Yukkuri Oniisan 『Procrastinator Archwizard Translator and Writer』

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    Miserys_End 「Lv1 Pretend Person」I'm the preson i pretend to be

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    True or false, sounds almost to good to be true.
     
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    Prime43 Member of the Polygamy Sect

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    its better than Google Translate... but not by that much
     
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    just tried but didnt work not a bit translated
     
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    We hear this every few months or years. This type of technology only really works for things that are fairly precise with fixed definitions, like news or manuals.
     
  13. RTS

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    I wish it doesn't work, then.
     
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    Hope they train Japanese next
     
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    I'm not hurting anybody <_< raining on parades here Roro
     
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    Doesn't work for me or is it just laggy since i waited 3-4 minutes still loading
     
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    What about my fallen comrades who went into a coma right after entering that whatever hell room of yours?!!

    You danmei lovers have taken a lot of lives!
     
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    Tried it and took forever to load! As an extremely impatient person I am better off using google translate.
     
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    If hes in a coma he aint dead yet! Kekek
     
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    i am not an expert in english, but when i see this in the microsoft ai translation homepage:
    "Make everyone feel welcome"
    isnt it supposed to be welcomed instead?

    if i am wrong, then i really need to re-learn english grammar.
    my english comprehension has been too damaged from reading too many MTL.

    and the best ai will always be ai-chan.