[Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH in latin america countries

[John Skopis (Lists)]

J. Javier Maestro wrote:
> On Jun Sun 08 2008 12:11, John Skopis (Lists) wrote:
>> example:
>> skopii: que estas me hombres
>> bot: [skopii] where are my homies
>> bkw: skopii: right here
>>
>> then the bot would translate bkw's response and pm it to me
> 
> Wow!! Stop right there please! :)
> 
> Where are my homies? --> Dónde están mis colegas/amigos? (España)
> 
> And because slang words are frequently used in IRC, things like 'homies' is
> most surely translated in a completely different way in every
> spanish-speaking country within latin america... so I really can't see the
> point on automatic translation. It's horrible! There is not enough A.I. in
> the software to do it correctly, so it is very doomed right from the
> begining.

Clearly my spanish is horrible. What is easier to understand though:

que esta me hombres
or
dónde está mi homies

and that is a simple sentence. Things only get more interesting with 
more complex constructs.

> 
> It is a nice idea, but an impossible one :-/
> 
> My 2 cents!
> 

My point was to make a "best effort". We all know it wouldn't be 
perfect. It's certainly not impossible.

If everyone is in the same channel, everyone benefits from the 
discussion. In addition it would help non-english speakers learn english 
and english speakers pick up some other languages (bits and pieces at 
least).

Also, what happens when there is no one that knows the answer in the 
non-english channel? The non-english speaker comes into the main channel 
(out of his/her comfort zone) and has a difficult time because no one 
understands him/her. It's hard enough for some people just to ask a 
question, let alone in a different language. That is why I think we 
should make a best effort to make it easier for everyone.

Often times a translated block of text is easier to understand than a 
non-native english speaker attempting english. Granted, my perspective 
is one sided as I do not know if that is true for other languages (I 
only speak english).

Anyway, I am wasting my breath at this point. Everyone (not just us 
americans) will do as they please anyway. ;]