中翻英，大有可為

昨天晚上在天安門東靠長安街的酒店裡上網搜尋，無意間發現 "英文谷歌" (Google in English) 存有 "語國一方" 的網頁資料。職業病作祟加上好奇心驅使，我點擊了一旁的 [Translate this page]，出現了英文版的 "語國一方"。哈哈，機器翻譯所呈現出來的結果，問題一大堆，可真是慘不忍睹啊！有志於中英語言工作的同學朋友，這個領域大有可為，你們可以認真考慮把它列入自己的生涯規劃。

茲以上一篇帖子為例，看看這個翻譯程式的表現如何。中文原稿請前翻，英文為網路自動翻譯所得，括弧內是我的隨性評論：

語國一方 Language of the Party [政黨語言？]

奧運前北京掠影 (1) Glimpse of Beijing before the Olympic Games (1) [還不錯，但 Glimpse 用複數可能會更好]

Photo 1: Mengmeng ["朦朦" 不是專有名詞啦！] axis -- from Jingshan million Chunting [萬春亭？], overlooking the classic Beijing

Photo 2: red axis -- Chairman Mao. Tiananmen Square. Side door [側門＝端門？]. Kenneth doors [肯尼士門，現在還有人這樣用嗎？]

Photo 3: Lian Lian axis ["戀戀" 也不是專有名詞啦！] -- from Zhengyang Men (front door) South Wang [南望？] Jian Lou

Photo 4: alert today, why was [這是啥？] -- Chongwen outside the ruins of the city wall [語意搞顛倒了吧，大哥！], demolished around 1960, after the successful Olympic bid to recover the people collecting the ancient city of brick [什麼英文哪，這是！]

Photo 5: both traditional and modern -- Beijing Capital Airport has just completed on the 3rd terminal, look like the dragon coiled, internal significant modern atmosphere. [有高二英文程度的，都不會寫成這個樣子吧？]

Photo 6: No matter how far,统统two yuan [小姐，這也太偷懶了吧，原文照搬不加翻譯！] -- near the opening of the Metro Line 5, the North East from the three flags of the North Tiantong Yuan, arrived in the South, the Southern Song Jiazhuang three-ring along the axis in the East about two kilometers north and south, runs through [如果這是大考的翻譯題，讓我來閱卷的話，肯定送他一個大鴨蛋！]

Photo 7: New Bus -- two of the body [你說什麼？], let me recall 16 years ago when the bus ride to Taiji ["太擠" 你也不懂？太扯了吧！], friends stuck Xia Bulai [拜託，"下不來" 不是人名好不好！], no one is willing to let the car [讓車？], in front of my car The passenger vehicle burst Cukou, Hurricane obscenity ["爆粗口"＝把粗口搞破，"狂飆髒話"＝淫穢颶風？]

Photo 8: "North" Beijing Station -- Towards the Olympic Games, Beijing Railway Station workers are at the top, to the three big red characters System in New Look [我真的不懂你在說什麼啦！], plus English

Photo 9: Cangcang days, were the vast, where the family [我的英文太差，看不懂啦！] -- Beijing Railway Station Square, first-class train [老兄，你搞錯了！是 "北京火車站廣場上/等火車"，不是 "北京火車站廣場/上等火車"，好嗎？], sat on the floor of the elderly [好閨女！這是什麼語法啊？]

Posted by Chinese yuan [什麼時候我的名字 "曾泰元" 可以翻成 "Chinese yuan" 了？]