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PRODUCT:GLOBALINK POWER TRANSLATOR PRO 6.4 PLATFORM:PC/WINDOWS SUPPLIER:GLOBALINK PRICE:VARIES
For years scientists and business people have dreamed about an 'automatic translating tool' that can be used to provide fluency in any language at the touch of a button. While computer-based translation has, indeed, been a reality for some time - it is just the results that have been different. The product is still far from being a universal panacea to replace translators, dictionaries and the need for language learning but it can certainly give you an overview of a foreign language translation - sometimes with humorous results. Put garbage in and get garbage out - a computer maxim - is very true here. As a machine-based translator it requires rules to be followed.. And if the source building bricks are not...