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Program Socrates 2.0 "
Developer: the company "Arsenal"
Price: 39.50
System requirements:
- Windows CE 2.0 or higher with 8 MB of memory on your Pocket PC
- 4 MB "disk" (storage memory) of memory and 1 MB of "operational" (program memory) Memory
- 7 MB of free space on your desktop computer to install the program
Demo version:
- The restriction in the functional. After registration - a full-featured version.
- Move from the Clipboard no longer than 200 characters
- Using the dictionary takes no more than 10 words.
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The program "Pocket PROMT 4.0"
Developer: the company "PROMT"
Cost: $ 39.50
Technical Requirements:
- Pocket PC running Pocket PC, HandHeld PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002
- Free memory - not less than 17 MB.
Demo version:
- 15-days.
4.0 Differences from previous versions (including 1.5):
- A new quality of translation. At the core of Pocket PROMT 4.0 - translation technology PROMT XT, which provides a higher quality of translation as compared to previous versions.
- New Directions in Translation - German-Russian and Russian-German. Now the product is available in two trim levels: in addition to the Anglo-Russian-English appeared German-Russian-German translator.
- The volume dictionaries. For English-Russian-English interpreter volume general dictionary has increased by more than 3 times (the dictionary over 250,000 word units). 2 times increased the amount of specialized dictionaries supplied with the translator.
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Thus, our translators (remember that the tests involved, and an earlier version of Pocket PROMT numbered 1.5) it was decided to "incite" in two small texts - literary and newspaper. The first guinea was an excerpt from a novel by Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace "- a sample of classics of the XIX century, featuring a special richness of vocabulary. The second - a clipping from "USA Today". This article is full of information in a simple style and do not present any difficulty. Of course, such a method can not be called all-inclusive, but we hope that these examples will suffice to evaluate the quality of these programs."War and Peace" in the original translation
Here is a piece of the English version of "War and Peace Leo Tolstoy be translated back into Russian by our subjects:
"The young Princess Bolkonskaya had brought some work in a gold-embroidered velvet bag.Her pretty little upper lip, on which a delicate dark down was just perceptible, was too short for her teeth, but it lifted all the more sweetly, and was especially charming when she occasionally drew it down to meet the lower lip. As is always the case with a thoroughly attractive woman, her defect - the shortness of her upper lip and her half-open mouth - seemed to be her own special and peculiar form of beauty. Everyone brightened at the sight of this pretty young woman, so soon to become a mother, so full of life and health, and carrying her burden so lightly ".
Socrates 2.0:
The young Princess Bolkonskaya brought some work in a gold embroidered velvet bag. Her beautiful little upper lip, on which a delicate dark down was just perceptible, was too jumpers for her teeth, but it has raised all the more sweet, and especially fascinated when she accidentally drew him down to meet the lower lip. Since it is always the case with carefully attractive woman, her defect - shortness of the upper lip and her half-open mouth seemed to be her own special and particular form of beauty. All brightened at sight of this beautiful young woman, so soon to become a mother, so full of life and health, and carrying her burden so lightly.
Pocket PROMT 1.5:
Young Princess Bolkonskeya brought some work in the gold-embroidered velvet bag. Her pretty little upper lip, on which a thin dark down was just visible, was too short for her teeth, but it rose even more pleasant, and was especially charming when she occasionally pulled (pictured) is up to, meet (carry out) the lower lip. As - always the case with fully attractive woman, her defect - short of her upper lip, and half of it - open mouth - seemed to be her own special and particular form of beauty. Everyone brightened at sight of this pretty young woman, so soon to become a mother, so full of life and health, and the relocation of its burden so lightly.
Pocket Promt 4.0:
Young Princess Bolkonskaya brought some work in the gold-embroidered velvet bag. Her pretty little upper lip, on which a thin dark down was just visible, was too short for her teeth, but it rose even more sweetly, and was especially charming when she occasionally pulled (pictured) it down to meet (to execute) the lower lip. As is always the case with fully attractive woman, her defect - shortness of her upper lip and her half-open mouth - seemed to have its own special and particular form of beauty. Each brighten at the sight of this lovely young woman, so soon to become a mother, so full of life and health, and transfer its burden so lightly.
And finally, the original:
Young Princess Bolkonskaya came to work in gold-embroidered velvet bag. Her pretty, with a little chernevshimisya mustache upper lip was short on teeth, but the dearer it opened and the still dearer stretched at times and fell to the bottom. As it always happens with quite attractive women, the lack of it - a short lip and half-open mouth - seemed to her especially her own beauty. Everyone was fun to look at that, full of health and vitality, a pretty expectant mother, so easy to transfer her position.
Score
Probably nothing we grumble at a school in the Russian classics as read "War and Peace" in the version of PROMT or Socrates would not just flour, and an unbearable torture. Sentence after "chewing" the machine is completely meaningless. In the end, vaguely understand what is at stake can only read a few sentences. In such a situation it is difficult to talk about the winners. Yet the first (albeit among equals) became Pocket PROMT 4.0. Although PROMT translation is far from perfect. What to say his "lip in which a thin dark down was just visible, was too short for her teeth, but it rose even more sweetly, and was especially charming when she occasionally pulled (pictured) it down to meet (to execute) lower lip. " But it's flowers as compared to "lower lip" in the version of PROMT 1.5.More than others "pleased" Socrates, was awarded the Prince Andrew, "a dark and sensitive down and bridges for dental ":)))Estimates show in such a situation is very complicated, as compared with the original all program transfers deserve a big fat one (as they say is usually school teachers), but a comparative review, and therefore the estimates will be displayed on the best option, which, of course, by no means a perfect . As a result, we obtain:
PROMT 4.0 - 5
PROMT 1.5 - 4
Socrates 2.0 - 2
"USA Today" a free paraphrase
Here is an excerpt, which we chose for our tests of the note, published in "USA Today":
Administration officials also are taking steps to prepare Americans and allies for attempts by Saddam to feign cooperation with inspectors in a last-minute attempt to stave off war. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said Thursday that US officials would not be surprised if Saddam "pretends to have a change of heart." Saddam may soon announce that he will permit surveillance flights over Iraq or "show up with some weapons," Fleischer said.
Socrates 2.0:
Administrative representatives are also taking steps to prepare Americans and allies for trying Saddam, to make the kind of cooperation with inspectors in a final attempt to avert war. The representative of the bush Ari Fleischer said Thursday that the US representatives would not be surprised if Saddam "is meant to have a change of heart." Saddam may soon announce that he will allow surveillance flights over Iraq or the Fleischer "appears with a few weapons," he said.
Promt1.5:
Administration officials are also taking steps to prepare Americans and their allies to attempts to Saddam, to feign cooperation with inspectors in the last minute trying to stick by the war. The representative of the bush Ari Fleisher said on Thursday it is US officials would not be surprised if Saddam "pretends to have an attitudinal change." Saddam may soon announce that he will permit flights (flights), observations on Iraq, or are found with some weapons, - "Fleischer said.
Promt4.0:
Administration officials are also taking steps to prepare Americans and their allies to attempts by Saddam to feign cooperation with inspectors in an attempt at the last minute to avert war. The representative of the Bush Ari Fleisher said on Thursday that U.S. officials would not be surprised if Saddam pretends to have an attitudinal change. " Saddam may soon announce that he will permit flights (flights), observations on Iraq or found with some weapons, "- Fleisher said.
Analysis: Translation:
Officials of the U.S. administration is also trying to prepare the American public to the fact that Saddam Hussein might make it appear that he agreed to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors to the last moment to stop the war. The representative of the U.S. president for public relations Ari Fleischer said Thursday that U.S. officials would not be surprised if Saddam will not pretend that changed his approach. " It is likely that it will soon announce that allow reconnaissance flights over Iraq, or show the inspectors some portion of its arsenal of weapons, "said Mr. Fleischer.
Score
I must admit that this transfer program managed much better. So PROMT 4.0 and did managed to avoid logical errors, completely distorting the essence of the text. Bloopers this prevodchika - minor compared with the options that issue youngest PROMT 1.5 Socrates 2.0.For example, to understand what is referring to artificial intelligence, when he speaks of "an attempt at the last minute to stick on the war, very difficult. Also in both cases referred to the "representative bush Ari Fleischer", and Saddam Hussein was somehow "pretend to have a change of heart." In general, a lot of funny things, but one conclusion: Socrates us, of course, my friend, but truth is more:) This has been proven and assessment:
Pocket PROMT 4.0 - 5
PROMT 1.5 - 4
Socrates 2.0 - 2
Conclusions
Clearly, disappointing. Receive from the most advanced software Pocket PROMT 4.0 at least a meaningful translation of a literary text, not to mention literary, failed.However, if you want to process simple, this translator, perhaps you can count on. But remember that with increasing complexity of artificial intelligence begins to "babble" something unintelligible. It is also not clear why there was no fundamental improvement of translation quality in comparison with the previous version 1.5, which takes up much less space (demo version of PROMT 4.0 with all the additional dictionaries "ate" is almost 30 MB of memory, and for the revision 1.5 requires a little more than 10 MB ). Now about Socrates. It is unlikely that the translator, who calls the esteemed President of the United States shrubs (and rightly so :-) will seriously make your life easier. By virtue of him only a very simple text for students of primary school age. Interestingly, this translator with the most difficult to cope much faster than both PROMT'a. Only here the quality is lame ... But like a true philosopher is unpretentious and takes up very little space in the PDA. Certainly, in the near future it will be really high-quality product in this category, which will translate not only text, but overseas it correctly and with taste. " To date, our translators are far from ideal. However, the best of them on the quality of translation, of course, became PROMT 4.0. For those who feel sorry for wasting precious space on these needs would be enough for a previous version of PROMT: you will not lose much, and save the place, and the speed is good. Socrates is also only recommended for routine use as a dictionary or translator in the simplest lexical relations notes. The authors, translation:Dmitry Ryabinin