Will Google Translate Ever Support Talmudic Aramaic?

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    newbee
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    Do you think it Will work as good as hebrew, so you can just copy and paste an entire section from bar illan and have it rendered instantly into readable english?

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    bekitzur
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    Well, Bing Translator has Klingon…

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    akuperma
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    Unless you have very low standards as to what constitutes “readable English”, all you get is a good rought draft ready for someone who can read the language to turn into readable English. Only a fool would rely on machine translations.

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    Sam2
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    No, because Gemara Aramaic isn’t really a consistent language.

    What you’re asking for is Artscroll.

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    newbee
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    “all you get is a good rought draft ready for someone who can read the language to turn into readable English”

    Yes, thats exactly what I am referring to. Do you think that will ever happen?

    “What you’re asking for is Artscroll.”

    Not really. I know aramic and I know the difference between the two.

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    HaLeiVi
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    Did you ever try Google Translating a page of a Sefer that isn’t popular common day Hebrew? When I’m in the mood of laughing I put in something from Gevuras Hashem of the Maharal. You’d be hard pressed to find three coherent words.

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    zahavasdad
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    You can make one yourself, Hebrew Books.org was just started because someone saw a need.

    It probably wouldnt be that difficult as its not a spoken language and you dont need to figure out things like idiomatic expressions , indirect references and other hints and indirect references that a speaker knows, but a computer cannot figure out unless its told directly

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