The Picard Maneuver to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world • 12 days agoThe reason real-time translation is difficult: sometimes you have to wait for the end of the sentence.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down14
arrow-up1734arrow-down1imageThe reason real-time translation is difficult: sometimes you have to wait for the end of the sentence.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world • 12 days agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-square@Gladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilink19•12 days agoThe hotel’s neighbor across had a suit I wanted to try on. You can find less complicated constructions that parallel their order.
minus-square@joshthewaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•11 days agoSure. But if you knew how to construct your scentence to make translation that easy you probably wouldn’t need a translator.
minus-square@Soggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 days agoSure, but that sounds clumsier and hides the meaning of the statement at the end which isn’t usually how English speakers talk. It may be a less complicated translation but it isn’t a better one.
The hotel’s neighbor across had a suit I wanted to try on.
You can find less complicated constructions that parallel their order.
Sure. But if you knew how to construct your scentence to make translation that easy you probably wouldn’t need a translator.
Sure, but that sounds clumsier and hides the meaning of the statement at the end which isn’t usually how English speakers talk. It may be a less complicated translation but it isn’t a better one.