Automated Translation – Not Too Bad

 
Yesterday my company received a Request for Proposal (RFP) in French.
Now, I am a US citizen living and working in Germany. In our office in Munich, we have folks from a lot of different countries including Spain, Poland, UK and India. But no one from France. (Murphy’s Law)
This time, instead of sending the 40-plus pages out to a translator and paying around 15 Euro cents per word (more if you want it faster than in 4-5 working days), we decided to try out an automated translation program.
We went to a site called Linguatec, paid €240 with a credit card and expected …read more