Hi,

my 2 cents: even if it is up to visitors to use such programs: science, museums and good journalists should avoid any uncontrolled (!) use of such programs. The results from special languages to another special language by translation software have improved, but lots of such translations are still, after several decades, to be found on a scale between "absolute nonsense" and "terrible mistakes".

As a publishing company, we have rejected texts by scientists several times which were offered to us (and revised by some peers!) on an automatically translated basis.

Best

Christian

Am 27.11.2017 um 23:32 schrieb Roberts, Angela:

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Greetings,

Has anyone tried using the Google Translate app’s camera instant translation as a way of offering multiple languages to visitors rather than printed brochures or bilingual labels? If so, I would love to hear about your experiences with it.

Best,

Angela

Angela Roberts Reeder

Exhibit Writer/Editor

Office of Exhibits

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