Re: [tlug] OT: Japans digitilization

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull.stephen.fw@example.com>]

Benjamin Kowarsch writes:

 > > my nowhere [being] near[ly] as bilingual as me[my] students, [I]
 > > can't really live without Google Translate.
 > 
 > You can always get some off-line translation software.

I can, they can't, and I'm not going to pay for a dozen or more
licenses.  And you're wrong about the glorified dictionary lookup.
Google has trouble E->J for my rather complex (== "opaque") academic
register, but does fine in most cases for their needs, despite the
extreme impedence mismatch between Japanese and English syntax -- and
that's where they fall down.

 > I know, your time is limited, so is mine, but if you are up for it
 > and are able to set aside a bit of your limited time to contribute

I'm neither up for it nor do I have time available.

 > Basically, what I am saying is that if we are unhappy with the way
 > things are, we have to work on alternatives ourselves,

Do you know who you are talking to?  You seem to be about as well-
informed on my work on alternatives (or industry leaders for that
matter) as Donald Trump is on anything.

Regards,