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[FlakValleyExpress]

I just got back from the hospital for the MRS. and I see this event going on on the RU forums. One translation is by Google and the other is by Yandex for the Russian language.

 

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Google Translation - In the rear of the enemy

Yandex translation - Behind enemy lines

 

From January 11 to January 14, go to battle on airplanes from level IV and higher, complete combat missions and gain additional experience for your first victory and other rewards! 

 

RU WoWP forum source link

 

Which brings up I know the current WoWP developers are not flyers. A pilot would have labelled the thread as " In the enemy's Sixth"

 

This also reminds me of the Indiana Jones incident with his father at the 0:25 mark of the video

 

 

Is this something like the Apple autospell check for texting?

[egikov]

Don't blame Google. It's very hard to translate many things because some languages don't have words for that, or need several words. Google translates everything directly and that usually gives a general idea; even if each word is translated correctly, all the words together might give you a mess.

 

If you take this phrase "behind enemy lines" and try to translate it directly word by word, you will see that the world lines cannot be used for Russian. Because in Russian the world "line" (линия) has only one simple meaning - a line drawn or seen (like a line of a horizon).

That's why trying to translate back and forth will give you different words and meaning every time and getting farther and farther from original meaning.

 

So, "behind enemy lines" is not a direct translation, it is interpretation, that actually gives it the meaning.

"In the rear of the enemy" is a direct translation of each word which can be interpreted any way you want.

 

Maybe Yandex is better for translating Russian...

[FlakValleyExpress]

egikov, on 10 January 2019 - 02:07 PM, said:

Don't blame Google. It's very hard to translate many things because some languages don't have words for that, or need several words. Google translates everything directly and that usually gives a general idea; even if each word is translated correctly, all the words together might give you a mess.

 

If you take this phrase "behind enemy lines" and try to translate it directly word by word, you will see that the world lines cannot be used for Russian. Because in Russian the world "line" (линия) has only one simple meaning - a line drawn or seen (like a line of a horizon).

That's why trying to translate back and forth will give you different words and meaning every time and getting farther and farther from original meaning.

 

So, "behind enemy lines" is not a direct translation, it is interpretation, that actually gives it the meaning.

"In the rear of the enemy" is a direct translation of each word which can be interpreted any way you want.

 

Maybe Yandex is better for translating Russian...

 

I think Yandex is better in having a common understanding than trying to do street slang like Google. However my main point is this:

 

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Which brings up I know the current WoWP developers are not flyers. A pilot would have labelled the thread as " In the enemy's Sixth"

 

They are programmers and do not have the pilot's POV for flying passion in WoWP. They don't speak the same fighter pilot language that is relatable. None of this is translating well. 

[SpiritFoxMY]

FlakValleyExpress, on 12 January 2019 - 12:21 AM, said:

They are programmers and do not have the pilot's POV for flying passion in WoWP. They don't speak the same fighter pilot language that is relatable. None of this is translating well. 

 

[trikke]

FlakValleyExpress, on 10 January 2019 - 12:48 PM, said:

I just got back from the hospital for the MRS. and I see this event going on on the RU forums. One translation is by Google and the other is by Yandex for the Russian language.

 

 

Which brings up I know the current WoWP developers are not flyers. A pilot would have labelled the thread as " In the enemy's Sixth"

 

This also reminds me of the Indiana Jones incident with his father at the 0:25 mark of the video

 

 

Is this something like the Apple autospell check for texting?

 

you buried the headline here...   did you have the MRS virus or was your wife sick?

 

are you both okay?

 

edit:  sorry, it's MRSA not MRS     so it must be your wife

 

we hope she's doing better!

Edited by trikke, 12 January 2019 - 05:18 PM.

[FlakValleyExpress]

trikke, on 12 January 2019 - 12:14 PM, said:

 

you buried the headline here...   did you have the MRS virus or was your wife sick?

 

are you both okay?

 

edit:  sorry, it's MRSA not MRS     so it must be your wife

 

we hope she's doing better!

 

It's a very bad case of Bronchitis for the MRS. Adenoviruses is running crazy through our community. We think this is what she has going on. The hospital is filling up with cases like this. The problem for her is she has many auto-immune problems and makes it hard for her to heal at a normal rate. Monday it will be a week in the hospital for her. She is getting better, but not good enough to go home yet.

[Captain_Underpants53]

FlakValleyExpress, on 12 January 2019 - 01:39 PM, said:

 

It's a very bad case of Bronchitis for the MRS. Adenoviruses is running crazy through our community. We think this is what she has going on. The hospital is filling up with cases like this. The problem for her is she has many auto-immune problems and makes it hard for her to heal at a normal rate. Monday it will be a week in the hospital for her. She is getting better, but not good enough to go home yet.

 

May she get well soon!