Reply #9: not i -- i just use babelfish plus context

[pitohui]

looking at what you translated, it looks almost like fiction, in which case i don't believe any machine/robot/free service will be useful

i use it for travel documents and so far i have been able to order air tix from paris and get admitted to madagascar w.out any real hassle, where i didn't really understand the translations or where it made no sense, my experience with bureacracy and with what they were "probably" trying to say apparently was good enough for government work


it looks like your translation says "social noises from someone w. a high level of testosterone" but i don't see anything in context that looks like it's of enough value to worry about translating it accurately -- you get the gist -- guy pounding his chest abt how he's dedicated to the "mission" blah de blah

some things don't NEED precise translation

again, if it's fiction, sure you're missing nuance, but if it's a letter from some guy who was say in CIA or the military or what have you, you're not missing a thing because it's just social noises and personal bragging on himself and you don't need the details because you'd forget them anyway

it's like when somebody is talking at you in a noisy room -- how hard do you REALLY need to try to figure out what he said? in most cases, if you smile and nod and pretend you heard what he said, it's all good