It detects Czech, Hungarian, and Dutch pretty well. I have even given it Estonian and Latvian on occasion. It is great for sketchy translations. It has mistaken Czech for German a couple of times. Liz W Diane Whitehead wrote: > I have discovered something new in Google Translate: Detect Language. > > I wasn't sure which language Marco's out-of-office message was written > in, as Spanish to English didn't work at all, but Detect Language knew > it was Italian, and translated it. > > Very useful. I wonder how it will manage with rarer languages? > > Diane Whitehead > > > > > On 31-Dec-09, at 1:06 PM, Marco Liboni wrote: > > >> Sarò assente dall'ufficio a partire dal 31/12/2009 e non tornerò >> fino al >> 11/01/2010. >> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > From adam14113@ameritech.net Thu Dec 31 20:00:48 2009 Return-Path: <adam14113@ameritech.net> X-Original-To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Delivered-To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Received: by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix, from userid 3002) id EA68B4C010; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:00:47 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on malecky X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=STOX_REPLY_TYPE, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=disabled version=3.2.3 Received: from smtp118.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com (smtp118.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.96.91]) by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C8134C014 for <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:00:46 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 70075 invoked from network); 1 Jan 2010 01:00:46 -0000 Received: from adsl-70-131-32-163.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net (adam14113@70.131.32.163 with login) by smtp118.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com with SMTP; 31 Dec 2009 17:00:46 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: hXx.ERuswBAboS1kyT8dwE3f4Dsp1Evvu8RFcum2PwHCQTai X-YMail-OSG: FJdeQwMVM1knICCexj5iTSy.kqyEzj3VvrRwqjHnp0Pyl3YFc7DnSGhm7sVwaUWeM279YAG3pYAVH.5Ml.Qk0Xu9_gd2IUtTtV.aNbui.I7eJgDlypP.j4XcumT7QFe279Aenuquo0qc23vX5xEfUgf7PP5Scze4dkgVOjLzP1zM3HlUvIt68JyM4XqHau4ktnA.nIm37hVff30iEh1FCkQYGIOD5SV62UH.2Q27WGWuT19R6mUTwNnpir9vOTmXQ3K0cijmdnjJgYsPCmXMdaeNZcHNfvmCpyqKK.wpgz9J0gCdxF0BOHfXcmu0y5mTKk8.HQdJvEegzNx5v4XoSiHbJSwL8nekf1oKRddwKOVx6NV1k5CjmWS7weKBC4T5.hPJ8LKF24HhAVMC71DOn78mQ7skzaD3wu3Khdr.oa9wIqkNmTia5lcwew1UVaiZABB9.ugtHTSkiCi7tBcLwmnL10.IALTyGGIk5oyeqtvJqngOzHjrzopGF8p36Q-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <7E1755E404FF42958F4CA037DF1D8447@FAMILY> From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> References: <OFABA5C978.61E12131-ONC125769D.0073F215-C125769D.0073F215@comune.bologna.it> <3CD8FD98-39F6-453C-A10B-22ACEF5D6592@islandnet.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:59:39 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Subject: Re: [pbs] Marco's message and Google's Detect Language X-BeenThere: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Id: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs.lists.ibiblio.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php>, <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Help: <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php>, <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:00:48 -0000 Re Google translations--if there's nothing else, they're useful, but I find them lacking for Spanish and French. They're machine translations which are OK for non-literary issues. I haven't checked them for Russian, because mine is poor from lack of use but I can get an opinion from a guy who's fluent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:40 PM Subject: [pbs] Marco's message and Google's Detect Language I have discovered something new in Google Translate: Detect Language. I wasn't sure which language Marco's out-of-office message was written in, as Spanish to English didn't work at all, but Detect Language knew it was Italian, and translated it. Very useful. I wonder how it will manage with rarer languages? Diane Whitehead On 31-Dec-09, at 1:06 PM, Marco Liboni wrote: > Sarò assente dall'ufficio a partire dal 31/12/2009 e non tornerò > fino al > 11/01/2010. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/