Use machine translation or pay a person ?
I am a little bit in doubt if I can get away with machine translation, or if I should pay money for translation.
I have written a letter to a girl I met last year when I was in Russia, and was hitting on her, and this year, she came to me, and were together a few times. She has called me a couple time to declare her love. She speaks no english, and I speak no Russian.
Can I get away using machine translations on the Internet ? I have written a letter, that when using @Prompt online yeilds almost the same result when translated back to english, and it is also understandable when translated English -> Russian -> German. Had to rephrase some phrases, until I got used to writing something it likes.
The alternative would be to use online translation, which will cost too much money IMHO. $0.07 per word for a simple personal letter is too much. Any links to some cheaper services using lower paid russian translators ?
Here is a snippet. Is this understandable ?
Can a russian make any sense out of a machine translation like this ? Or is it just too weird ?
Я пробовал несколько раз написать это письмо Вам. И когда я думаю о Вас, я становлюсь все более уверенным, которые хотят знать Вас лучше. Мы можем написать некоторые письма, но мы должны встретиться снова лично, и разговор.
Here is the original text:
I have been trying a few times to write this letter to you. And when I think of you, I am getting more and more sure that want to know you better. We can write some letters, but we need to meet again in person, and talk.
I am going to learn russian
When I was in Russia this year, I knew the most important letters, and was surprised how many signs I could read.
I will be joining a beginners russian course mid september, it is a 48 lessons class, 2 lessons once every week. The course at university is probably better, but I can't get that much time off at work. It is 2 days with 2 lessons, and 1 day with one lesson every week until christmas, so it would bring me far in little time.
I have downloaded Rosetta Stone, Primsleur and the Princeton course material. And the Penguin course is on backorder at the bookshop. But I do plan to get a headstart before the course.
Even if she learns english or danish, it would still be nice to speak to people when we visit her home country. Very few people I met in Kolomna speaks english, even though most supposedly learned in school. And the people seems very proud, but not the stupid french way.