Re: GLADE, Linux Kernel Modules etc,

[sk <noname@myob.com>]

Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>:

 > Traduttore, traditore in Watzlawick's classic notwithstanding
I do not have a classic education so I have no understanding of
the reference.

However, and since this is a "comp.lang.*" usenet forum ...

 > ... if you know French (or Latin) ...

... and my previous comments concerning "google" translations.

I had, a long time ago, a thought : if I studied Latin, which
I believe has a more rigid structure than English, French,
German and Spanish, could a reasonable human language
translator be developed, better than those which I have tried
on the internet ?

The idea being that any of the above 4 languages would be
translated to Latin and then translated into the desired
language ?

English  >--+               +--> English
             |               |
French   >--+               +--> French
             |---> Latin --->|
German   >--+               +--> German
             |               |
Spanish  >--+               +--> Spanish

Does Latin have a more "logical" rigid structure ? And if so,
would it be a reasonable middle language for a more universal
translator ?

Perhaps a test for authors would be something along the
lines of "English --> Latin --> English". This would seem
to be able to highlight colloquialisms that just do not cross
language boundaries.

Again, my ignorance is on display :-)

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