{"id":1024,"date":"2004-03-09T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-09T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2004-03-09T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-09T22:27:00","slug":"so-to-be-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/03\/09\/so-to-be-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"So.. to be fair…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I looked thru some of the tech support questions and saw the following:
\nhttp:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/support\/see_request.bml?id=223873<\/a><\/p>\n

Добрый день. Мне не приходят комментарии на e-mail со 2-го марта. Все настройки правильные. Аккаунт – платный. Пишу вам не в первый раз, пожалуйста, помогите<\/p>\n

I fired up Sherlock my language translation application<\/i> and it gave me:
\nGood day. To me do not be necessary commentaries to e-mail with 2- GO
\nof March. All setups are correct. Akkaunt – paid. To pishu to you not
\nthe first time, if you please, help.<\/i><\/p>\n

I think the user is asking: “How do I stop getting emails when people comment in my journal?”<\/p>\n

So I reasoned the answer was…
\nhttp:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/support\/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=62<\/p>\n

and responded with:<\/p>\n

Русский не понимает. Использование переводчика от компьютера.
\nFaq для email для комментариев.
\nПойдите к http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/editinfo.bml
\nПочти дно коробка к обозначенной проверке (получает ответы доски
\nсообщения) “Get message board replies”
\nЕсли коробка не проверена, то вы не получите комментарии email.<\/p>\n

Which the computer translates back to English as:
\nRussian is not understood. Use of a translator from the computer. Faq
\nfor email for the commentaries. Go to
\nhttp:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/editinfo.bml. Almost the bottom box to the
\ndesignating checking (it is obtained the answers of the board of
\ncommunication)”Get message board replies” if box is not checked, then
\nyou will not receive commentary email.<\/i><\/p>\n

Effectively trying to say, “I used a computer translator, here’s the faq, here’s where the checkbox is.”<\/p>\n

So my question… is there anyone on my reader list who actually is fluent in English and Russian who can tell me how close computer generated translation was to communicating a question and answer?<\/p>\n

EDIT<\/b> Tried to clarify a rushed post.<\/p>\n

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