tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post2100347055432931687..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Auto-detecting LanguageChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-10565290907766894062010-03-14T20:43:42.626-04:002010-03-14T20:43:42.626-04:00Doh! Yep, now I see the detect language function. ...Doh! Yep, now I see the detect language function. Thanks! I haven't found any documentation on methodology yet, but I'm sure there's stuff out there (probably the CMU folks, hehe).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-46349974307269595162010-03-14T18:37:40.851-04:002010-03-14T18:37:40.851-04:00Yeah, at the very top of the translate from select...Yeah, at the very top of the translate from selector box is the option to detect the language. They even recognize languages that they can't translate yet, which is neat.J. Frankenstein Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051359397868526920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-92076858937479871432010-03-14T17:25:43.906-04:002010-03-14T17:25:43.906-04:00They do, at least on http://translate.google.com ....They do, at least on http://translate.google.com . I only know that because I needed to translate a quote yesterday and did not recognize the language. Google informed me it was Danish a gave fairly intelligble translation (although the English grammar was a bit twisted).Rob Van Damhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031153112516561489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-39722231085468436912010-03-14T16:39:04.702-04:002010-03-14T16:39:04.702-04:00Happened to check Google Reader at exactly the rig...Happened to check Google Reader at exactly the right moment, I guess :-)Bridget Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894455480408955059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-47281774940056040302010-03-14T16:38:22.676-04:002010-03-14T16:38:22.676-04:00Damn! You is fast, too!Damn! You is fast, too!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-30828408965647747692010-03-14T16:36:24.809-04:002010-03-14T16:36:24.809-04:00Swedish.
This is a good linguists' parlor tri...Swedish.<br /><br />This is a good linguists' parlor trick. I once got a free haircut after identifying a shampoo as Hungarian.Bridget Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894455480408955059noreply@blogger.com