RE: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs

[Stewart Nolan <stewart.nolan at seeglasgow.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stracke [mailto:francis at ecal.com]

> Probably worse than nothing, unless there are much better 
> translators than babelfish out there.  WG discussions get
> down to really niggly points; a translator that doesn't
> work *perfectly* is likely to make things worse.  At
> least today, if we're talking through a language barrier, 
> there's a human brain doing the translation, able to
> recognize problems and rephrase as needed.

Via babelfish.altavista.com, and translated from English to German and back

Probably falsely than nothing, it is it many better compilers/translators
than babelfish gives out there. WG discussions down on really arrive niggly
points; a compiler/translator, that does not operate * perfectly * is
probable to form things falsely. At least today, if we speak by a language
barrier, a human brain give it, which does the translation, able, to detect
and again-formulate problems, how uses.  

And English/French/English:-

Probably worse than anything, unless there are translators much better than
the babelfish outside there. The discussions of WP descend really niggly at
the points; a translator who does not function * perfectly * is likely to
make things worse. At least today, if we speak by a linguistic barrier,
there let us be a human making translation, able brain identify problems and
reformulate them like necessary.

You can see the decay in the clarity of the original message. 
If I had received something similar purporting to be from an IETF member in
a country that I didn't speak the language of, I would assume someone had
reinitialized Mark V. Chaney.

cheers,
Stewart