If you’ve only used computer assisted translation (or artificial intelligence) to translate into Spanish, then you’ll have probably realized by now how inaccurate that can be. I’m sure we all acknowledge and appreciate the advancement in technology on all fields around us, from industry to agriculture and even the way in which we meet other people and go on to forge lasting relationships with them over the internet.
I particularly like to use the online dictionary and thesaurus to find alternative words for my pros, again, very handy and fast—thanks to the advancement in technology that this is even possible—but when you want to translate into Spanish, I’m afraid it isn’t quite so simple.
The more you experience the shortcomings of computer assisted translation services online, the more you’ll want a solution that serves you better and one that puts your business in better light with those you’re trying to communicate with.
Now let’s move away from this computer era for a moment to reflect on where we, as a human race, came from in the first place. During the Spanish Golden Age that expanded from the late 15th to the 17th centuries, a great number of translations from Arabic, Latin and Greek classics, into Spanish were made. Many of these translations were destroyed by the Inquisition, but some have survived and bear witness to the laborious task of translating and then copying the religious books by hand.
The human race, however, has clearly moved on over the years, quite literally so, but if you want to translate into Spanish this day and age you’ll need to consider this. That yes, you can go for the online option if you think it would suffice for you, but in all honesty—and this has been repeatedly documented by a plethora of sources relating to this topic—that when it comes to translating into Spanish, you will be amazed to discover that nothing beats the human touch.
Translation services that offer computer assistance abound on the internet. But strangely enough, these services are being aggressively promoted alongside service providers offering to help you translate into Spanish by a real flesh and blood human being.
However, despite the increase in Spanish translation services, it would be misguided to assume quality translations to Spanish as guaranteed. In fact, it is quite the contrary. Consider this: with 50 million Spanish speakers in the U.S.A, it would mean that 30% of the population speaks Spanish.
Moreover, when you consider Hispanics living in America spend $870 billion a year, which is being projected to rise to $1.3 trillion by the year 2015, translation services have become more about the money and the profit, and not so much about the service—inherently luring inferior translators to play the field with only one focus in mind, profit!
Therefore, it is critically important that when you’re looking to translate into Spanish, ensure you seek the help of a service provider with a good track record. In this day and age, it is the clever way to ensure that what you want translated into Spanish is of the best quality possible.