New Google Translator: LATIN

 
Guy Power
 
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01 October 2010 22:37
 

Google has now added Latin to its Google Translator:

http://translate.google.com

It could be very useful for devising Latin mottoes.

 

The translator was given a "test drive" by Father John Zuhlsdorf.  Fr. Z inserted a Latin prayer and compared it to the translations we’ve had since the early 1970s (admittedly so poor that a new, corrected translation of the Roman Missal is promulgated and will be used from Advent 2011).

 

The "test drive" showed that the Google Translator did a better job of delivering accurate translations with few grammatical problems.

 

LATIN:

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,

qui abundantia pietatis tuae

et merita supplicum excedis et vota,

effunde super nos misericordiam tuam,

ut dimittas quae conscientia metuit,

et adicias quod oratio non praesumit.

 

GOOGLE:

Almighty and everlasting God,

who in the abundance of Thy goodness

and exceed the proper and just punishment and vows,

pour it out upon us mercy,

‘so that the consciousness of forgive

what they fear him and will add to what we do not dare to ask.

 

[Fr. Z’s] SLAVISHLY LITERAL VERSION:

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the abundance of Your goodness

surpass both the merits and the prayerful vows of suppliants,

pour forth Your mercy upon us,

so that You set aside those things which our conscience fears,

and apply what our prayer dares not.

 

Current translation:

Father,

your love for us

surpasses all our hopes and desires.

Forgive our failings,

keep us in your peace

and lead us in the way of salvation.

 

More at "What Does The Prayer Really Say?"

 
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02 October 2010 01:55
 

You don’t know how happy I am to hear this! :D

 
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02 October 2010 02:58
 

It appears from the above example that the Google translations for Latin to English are relatively good. On the other hand, I have found the Google translator for Swedish to English to be atrocious (at least when it comes to creating subtitles for Martin Beck, Jonas Falk and Wallander films).

 
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08 October 2010 00:05
 

And to think I do it the old fashioned way… could have saved myself a lot of frustration back when I was learning it.

 
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