Japanese Translation

Here is a guide to Japanese translation and some useful resources for Japanese translation. Machine TranslationMachine translation is the use of software or electronic device to conduct the translation instead of a human. Advantages of Machine Translation - Speed - for large amount of text needing to be translated a software based system will be faster than a human conducting Japanese translation. - Cost - software systems are relatively cheap and there are some free ones available on the internet. Disadvantages of Machine Translation Cultural understanding - even within the English language there many cases where cultural misunderstandings occur. Words have different meanings in different countries; a “thong” in the USA normally refers to underwear, but in Australia it is something you wear on your feet that would be referred to as a “flip-flop” in the USA. These sorts of problems are not limited to just machine translation, but many people conducting Japanese translation or indeed any form of translation can suffer from the same problems. Size of dictionary Proper names Context | |