On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 12:49 +0530, Raman.P wrote:
not my way. String translation is the computer speaking to
a person. For
example the most common string is 'go'. So do we translate
that as 'po'
or 'chel' or 'pohngal' 'chellungal'. (hindi 'ja' or
'jahiye')? If your
computer said 'po' to you instead of 'pohngal' would you
feel insulted?
Yes, I will feel insulted. We cannot and should not change basics of
our languages for the sake of machines.