I gave the translation service Neil Krey found a try: It is astonishingly
fast, but clearly has its limitations (I tried some German to English and
English to German):
1. The site copes well with simple sentences. A short and easy newspaper
article fairs ok; one gets the gist without being too annoyed with the
occasional mis-translations.
2. I translated the CRM-Developer Forum main page
(http://caar.db.erau.edu/crm/) into German, and that was not so great:
The grammar was clumsy, translations often had a different meaning than
intended. A few highlights:
John Wise became "the smart John" (not that he isn't that, too)
The "Industry CRM Developers Group Internet site" became "the developers
of Industry-Team-Means-of-Production grouping site on the Internet"
The "situation awareness training program" became a "training part for
circumstantial management of consciousness"
"do you have a [job] opening that you would like to fill" became something
that any native speaker would immediately understand to be "do you have a
[body] orifice that you would like to fill?"
etc.
3. A test that might be meaningful for our English native speakers came
when I retranslated the German translation into English. It didn't do the
whole thing, but the result of what it did is something that I do not want
to keep from you:
"Welcomely to the developers of the industrial crew resource
administration (CRM) Site on the Internet group. The group is a
forum for indicating necessities, coordinating processes, and
facilitating development of the airline CRM and the HF resources and - the
products.
In these Site find you a broad multiplicity of the resources, in order to
support you in the development and in the use of CRM and page courses
and in the training materials for aviation and other applications.
Visit the bookshop CRM and the human factors, in order to learn more over
of January indicated names, " aviation automation: The search for
an cent talk approximationapproximation cent talking
approximation ", by Charles E. Billings.
Which new is
Check the developer of the industry CRM, which new page is, if you
before visited and to see would like, what since the last mark modified,
which was you here.
Crm /hfKarriereMitte
Do they need a job? Do you need a better job? Have do you, an opening
however need you a characterized applicant? The career center CRM and the
human factors can help you to fill your necessities.
Crm develSendenListe
The group of developers of the industry CRM has available free Internet
transmitting would list manufactured, in order to place a forum for
everyone, programs of the crew resource administration (CRM) and the
human factors (HF) developed, represents and/or handhas. in order to
use this valuable aid need you to only email-access. A file of all
preceding messages on the transmitting list is made available also as
reference.
Over the group of developers of the industry CRM
The group of developers of the industry CRM supplies a forum to
facilitate in order to indicate necessities to coordinate processes and to
development with of CRM and of page resources and - for products.
Tiger teams
Tiger teams are a main activity of the group of developers of the industry
CRM. each team are formed, in order to address an industrial
necessity and produce products, which form the basis of the hoisting
engine-specific product development. The first tiger team directed toward
development of a training paragraph for circumstance-referred
consciousness management. Under its products was a situation consciousness
management workshop.
Resource
Here you find many resources, which are from the value to the CRM and
human factors program developers. Are RM DOCUMENTS and -
contain left to other World Wide Websites, which indicate papers and
other information. It gives also left to the Websites of the research
institutes and the servicers of CRM and of page products.
To more information about the group of developers of the industry CRM,
email Vince Mancuso. If you are concerning comment or the
suggestions this web site have, email Neil Krey."
You judge for yourself...
In summary: One gets the gist, but probably not more than most people in
our field who are not native English speakers would get anyway with their
knowledge of English. And I would not trust my papers to be translated in
that way.
Best regards,
Florian Jentsch, Ph.D.