Show Bid Request native German speaker needed to give advice on machine translator accuracy Bid Request Id: 33430 Bookmark in my 'To Do' list Posted by: bluegrass (33 ratings) (Software buyer rating 9.72) Non-action Ratio: Very Good - 22.03% Buyer Security Verifications: Good Approved on: Oct 31, 2002 11:45:10 PM EDT Bidding Closes: Nov 4, 2002 11:46:01 PM EDT Viewed (by coders): 103 times Deadline: 11/5/2002 TIME EXPIRED Phase: 100% of work completed and accepted. Coder has been paid. Max Accepted Bid: Bidding is closed Project Type: Personal Project / Homework Help Bidding Type: Open Auction Categories: Testing / Quality Assurance, Documentation / Tech Writing Enter chat room for this bid request (0 active users at Sep 30, 2003 6:19:03 AM EDT) Description: There are several free web-based machine translators out there. I'm sure they're all bad, but I was wondering which one works "the best". Here's what I'd like to do. Find a native German speaker (who also speaks English) and give that person the URL of 4 or 5 of these freebie web translators. Then, you plug a certain English phrase into each of them, and see which one gives you (in your opinion) the most accurate German translation. I need this for an article I'm writing, so I can't pay much. But I could probably spare a few dollars. Thanks. Deliverables: advice Platform: text Must be 100% finished and received by buyer on: Nov 5, 2002 EDT Deadline legal notes: All times are expressed in the time zone of the site EDT (UT - 5). If the buyer omitted a time, then the deadline is 11:59:59 PM EDT on the indicated date. Remember that contacting the other party outside of the site (by email, phone, etc.) on all business projects < $500 (before the buyer's money is escrowed) is a violation of both the software buyer and seller agreements. We monitor all site activity for such violations and can instantly expel transgressers on the spot, so we thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you notice a violation please help out the site and report it. Thanks for your help.   Bidding/Comments: All monetary amounts on the site are in United States dollars. Rent a Coder is a closed auction, so coders can only see their own bids and comments. Buyers can view every posting made on their bid requests. See all rejected bids (and all comments) Name   Bid Amount    Date   Coder Rating   This bid was accepted by the buyer! zopf (4 ratings) in Lobbach, 74931 Germany Bid id: 369,362   $5 (USD) Nov 1, 2002 1:48:53 AM EDT  10 (Excellent)     Hi Bluegrass, I'm from germany and would like to test the translaters for you. Regards Christoph