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Originally Posted by davidfor
So, you, writing in colloquial German, expect Google Translate to a produce perfect translation for us to read. Then you expect Google Translate to produce a perfect translation of our colloquial English.
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No - only if someone wants to understand my contribution, then he will make an effort, if not, then that is not my problem
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Um, because you said it? What else could that post mean? You said that people only understand up to their comprehension. As you clearly believe you understand, then you are stating that no one else is as smart as you.
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This is not a stringent conclusion - I don't care if that could also be the case..
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And I do agree with @BookCat. It is a childish insult. But, of course, as you are fond of pointing out, it must be the translation at fault and our lack of comprehension that the translation is at fault.
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Whether a translation is to blame for that, I'm not interested.
I use translators; whether the result is understood lies in
a) the will to understand, then one accepts translation errors
b) on the ability.
And this has nothing to do with the quality of my statement - the correctness is provable, and if a mistake should happen to me, then I (also) stand by it.
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While I partly agree with that, with the argument going on, the fact is that no one has agreed with you. As there is such solid disagreement with you, I would expect someone that did agree with you to come forward and state so. Especially as there is a language issue, I would expect that someone who agreed with you would chime in to help sort that out.
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a) I don't think these posts are read by many.
b) Why should anyone defend me? I don't do it either - so I'm not surprised.