Comments on: Get More Twitter Followers http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-2#comment-164301 Alex Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:11:28 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-164301 Well .... Yes. Sorry. Well …. Yes. Sorry.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-2#comment-162483 David Bradley Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:51:49 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-162483 Hmmm...it's garbage either way, isn't it? Hmmm…it’s garbage either way, isn’t it?

]]> By: Alex http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-2#comment-162470 Alex Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:28:52 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-162470 Babelfish: "Thus I entangled around with those and began to try different kind and filters, when it suddenly arose to me I, could all out that Gefährtetwitterers preselect, those to science and one was interested niche within mine twitterhood possibly, to manufacture." Not much of a difference. You would need an engine that really understands syntax, context etc., not just word-by-word translation. My guess: human translators won't go out of business too soon. Check http://www.chinglish.de/ ... Babelfish:
“Thus I entangled around with those and began to try different kind and filters, when it suddenly arose to me I, could all out that Gefährtetwitterers preselect, those to science and one was interested niche within mine twitterhood possibly, to manufacture.”

Not much of a difference. You would need an engine that really understands syntax, context etc., not just word-by-word translation.

My guess: human translators won’t go out of business too soon.

Check http://www.chinglish.de/ …

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-2#comment-162465 David Bradley Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:52:28 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-162465 Yeah, I think you're right Alex...I'm not going to disable it, but I may talk to the plugin author about tweaking the system. Is Google translation as bad as Babelfish? Yeah, I think you’re right Alex…I’m not going to disable it, but I may talk to the plugin author about tweaking the system. Is Google translation as bad as Babelfish?

]]> By: Alex http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-2#comment-162464 Alex Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:44:59 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-162464 Oh, I overlooked the best: "Posts" in "Related Posts" at the bottom of the page is translated "Pfosten", which is a wooden post, pole, stake ... very interesting. Oh, I overlooked the best: “Posts” in “Related Posts” at the bottom of the page is translated “Pfosten”, which is a wooden post, pole, stake … very interesting.

]]> By: Alex http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-2#comment-162461 Alex Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:42:12 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-162461 David, it sounds like a Scrabble game that fell down the stairs. You may get the gist, but it does sound really weird. Like a translation robot that blows a fuse in a sci-fi movie. I re-translated one sentence back into english. "So I am confused with those around and began to try different ways to filter and, when it suddenly occurred to me I could all those out Gefährtetwitterers select in science and were interested in my niche twitterhood may produce." In German it is worse. And I would add: Most German Twitter users (or any tech savvy readers for that matter) will have at least a functional knowledge of English - and will be highly amused by the "Translation". David,

it sounds like a Scrabble game that fell down the stairs. You may get the gist, but it does sound really weird. Like a translation robot that blows a fuse in a sci-fi movie. I re-translated one sentence back into english.

“So I am confused with those around and began to try different ways to filter and, when it suddenly occurred to me I could all those out Gefährtetwitterers select in science and were interested in my niche twitterhood may produce.”

In German it is worse. And I would add: Most German Twitter users (or any tech savvy readers for that matter) will have at least a functional knowledge of English – and will be highly amused by the “Translation”.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-1#comment-162034 David Bradley Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:03:12 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-162034 Alex, what is it about the translation that sucks, is there no merit to getting the gist of a post from the machine translation? Aren't they continually improving those systems? I think our site actually uses Google by default not Babelfish, anyway, but I do understand your point. Alex, what is it about the translation that sucks, is there no merit to getting the gist of a post from the machine translation? Aren’t they continually improving those systems? I think our site actually uses Google by default not Babelfish, anyway, but I do understand your point.

]]> By: Alex http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-1#comment-161991 Alex Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:25:34 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-161991 Hi, I just stumbled across this through Google, in the German translation (http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/de/). Let me tell you as a native speaker: Don't do it. It sucks. Babelfish at its worst. Hi, I just stumbled across this through Google, in the German translation (http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/de/). Let me tell you as a native speaker: Don’t do it. It sucks. Babelfish at its worst.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-1#comment-157259 David Bradley Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:19:05 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-157259 FriendorFollow.com seems to have no limit on the number of twitter IDs it will grab, it grabbed all my friends and followers anyway, perhaps worth a try... FriendorFollow.com seems to have no limit on the number of twitter IDs it will grab, it grabbed all my friends and followers anyway, perhaps worth a try…

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/get-more-twitter-followers.html/comment-page-1#comment-156937 David Bradley Sun, 31 May 2009 18:50:24 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=1990#comment-156937 Ah, no I hadn't realised I used it when I was well below the 1000 follower mark... Ah, no I hadn’t realised I used it when I was well below the 1000 follower mark…

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