Saturday, April 20, 2013

Google Translate gains support for its 66th language: Cambodia’s Khmer





Oh, my Word[s]! Surely, Mr Google, you mistranslated my points somewhat? [អូពាក្យរបស់ខ្ញុំ [s ']! ពិតណាស់លោកហ្គូហ្គលអ្នក mistranslated ពិន្ទុរបស់ខ្ញុំ somewhat?]
NB: It appears some English words are untranslatable into Khmer - School of Vice

Google has announced Khmer, the official language of Cambodia, as the 66th language supported by Google Translate.

There are an estimated 16 million native speakers of Khmer, mainly concentrated in Cambodia. Apple added Khmer support to OS X Lion back in 2011.

Google Translate now comes with its own Khmer virtual keyboard and support for phonetic text. The company said that adding the language had proved difficult because of a lack of Khmer resources on the Web and the fact that words aren’t usually separated by spaces.

The new language support follows on the addition of Lao as Google Translate’s 65th language last September.

Google promised that it continues to work on additional languages. If you’re language isn’t supported yet, the company recommends that you use it on publicly available websites and upload translations to its translator toolkit.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Google says this is the Khmer translation for “The Next Web”: បណ្តាញនេះបន្ទាប់.

Image credit: iStockphoto

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Entire translation by Google Translate below:




ការគាំទ្ររបស់ Google បកប្រែសមិទ្ធផលសម្រាប់ភាសា 66th របស់វា: ប្រទេសកម្ពុជារបស់ខ្មែរ

ក្រុមហ៊ុន Google បានប្រកាសជាភាសាខ្មែរដែលជាភាសាជាផ្លូវការនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជាជាភាសា 66th គាំទ្រដោយហ្គូហ្គលបកប្រែ។

មានប្រមាណ 16 លាននាក់វាគ្មិនកំណើតខ្មែរ, ប្រមូលផ្តុំសំខាន់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ក្រុមហ៊ុន Apple បានបន្ថែមទៀតថាការគាំទ្រភាសាខ្មែរទៅជា OS X បាន Lion ត្រឡប់មកវិញនៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ 2011

បកប្រែរបស់ Google ឥឡូវនេះបានភ្ជាប់មកជាមួយភាសាខ្មែរផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនរបស់វាក្តារចុចនិម្មិតនិងការគាំទ្រសម្រាប់អត្ថបទ phonetic ក្រុមហ៊ុននេះបានឱ្យដឹងថាការបន្ថែមភាសាបានបង្ហាញពីការលំបាកដោយសារតែកង្វះនៃភាសាខ្មែរនៅលើបណ្តាញធនធាននិងការពិតដែលថាពាក្យដែលមិនត្រូវបានបំបែកជាធម្មតាដោយដកឃ្លា។

ការគាំទ្រភាសាដែលថ្មីដូចខាងក្រោមនៅលើលើសពីនេះទៀតនៃប្រទេសឡាវជាភាសា 65th របស់ Google បកប្រែរបស់លោកកាលពីខែកញ្ញាមុន។

ក្រុមហ៊ុន Google បានសន្យាថាវានៅតែបន្តធ្វើការលើភាសាបន្ថែមទៀត។ ប្រសិនបើអ្នកជាភាសាដែលមិនត្រូវបានគាំទ្រនៅឡើយទេក្រុមហ៊ុនផ្តល់អនុសាសន៍ថាអ្នកប្រើវានៅលើតំបន់បណ្តាញដែលអាចរកបានជាសាធារណៈនិងការផ្ទុកឡើងការបកប្រែទៅជាប្រអប់ឧបករណ៍អ្នកបកប្រែរបស់ខ្លួន។

អូនិងនៅក្នុងករណីដែលអ្នកត្រូវបានគេឆ្ងល់, Google បាននិយាយថានេះគឺជាការបកប្រែជាភាសាខ្មែរសម្រាប់ "បណ្ដាញបន្ទាប់នេះ": បណ្តាញនេះបន្ទាប់។

ការផ្តល់ឥណទានរូបភាព: iStockphoto

45 comments:

Karl [Kalonh] Chuck said...

From: English - detected
To: Khmer

Hun Sen, the traitor...

​សម្តេចហ៊ុន​សែន​ជាជនក្បត់​នោះ ...

Very disappointed for Google knows that hun Sen is "សម្តេច"???

Damned, how does Google knows who ah Hun Sen is???

Thx SOV for the updates on Google translate. Don't care what "Pissed Off" said about you...lolz! (j/k)

Anonymous said...

how does Google know***

School of Vice said...

No problem my friend, as long as it is said kindly!!

In case anyone is wondering what 'School of Vice' means in Khmer, this is what Google comes up with!

'សាលារៀនរបស់អនុប្រធាន' [!?]

Since I have no real expertise in Khmer I'll have to be content with this translation for now...

Any how, thanks to Google for the effort.

Anonymous said...

This is what I get from Google.

School of Vice = សាលាភ្នាក់ងារ

Anonymous said...

Great development and thank Google.

The one problem is, that the translation from English into Khmer language is coming out on the same ways as the translation from English into German and vice versa.

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Anonymous said...

it's great but translations are terrible.

Anonymous said...

Well, how does one know that it's terrible when the majority of Khmer can't even speak and write Khmer correctly? Hadn't Theary Seng tried to tell Khmer something about Khmer language?

Anonymous said...

I agree, today some khmers don't know how to write in their own language,and sometime, the way they write, it is like, out of characters, I tried to read and put them all together and sometimes, it is just so difficult. It makes it worst when they don't know how to write and then, they tried to write by using wrong characters e.g. such how to put all khmer alphabets like e.g. 24+24 -K+A=KA some wrote as CA, so very confusing indeed.

Anonymous said...

i'm proud to see my native language khmer finally becomes available for translation on google and so on. this certainly makes the world more colorful when the people of the world are able to understand each other better. there are room for improvement, of course. it's the start!

khmer language and writing and reading is actually not that difficult. it looks difficult but like any other languages of the the world, you got to learn the basic first, the fundamental structure, etc; once you mastered that or recognized that, then you will be able to read, write and understand khmer language like our native speakers. even chinese, japanese and korean writing look like chicken scratches, and if you can read and write chinese, japanese or korean, then khmer isn't that hard, really. may god bless the beautiful khmer language of the world.

ps: yes, there is a method to learning to read, pronounce and write the khmer language. if you can learn math, you can learn khmer language when necessary that is.

Takeo said...


http://www.webpronews.com/google-translate-adds-support-for-khmer-2013-04

Please write a Thank You comments to above website. Happy new year all to Khmer in the World.

Anonymous said...

Great job keep it up
even some mistake in the there
some room to improve in the future

ការងារដ៏អស្ចារ្យ​រក្សា​វា​ឡើង​
​ទោះបីជានៅ​មានកំហុស​​ខ្លះ​
​បន្ទប់​ដើម្បីលើកកម្ពស់​នៅក្នុង​ពេលអនាគត​មួយចំនួន

hehehehe

Anonymous said...

Here what I got from Oxford American Dictionary :
School = ហ្វូង  Vice = ចរិតអសីលធម៌ ឬ ខុសច្បាប់ ឬ ឧក្រិដ្ឋជន ឬ ក្រៅសង្គម
School of Vice =  ពួកជនក្រៅសង្គម 

Anonymous said...

8:52 AM, that's not true/correct...so mean, hahaha!!!

Anonymous said...

http://dictionary.tovnah.com/?q=vice&dic=all

Above Khmer online dictionary is better.

vice ( n. ) [vaIs ' ]
បាបធម~, អបាយមុខ
(evil or grossly immoral conduct, great wickedness, a particular form of this, a fault or bad habit, any fault, defect, etc.
Eg. Drunkenness is a vice)
គុណវិបត្ដិ, អំពើអាក្រក់, ដំណើរខ្ចោះ,អំពើខិលខូច,


Thus "School of Vice" means

សាលាអបាយមុខ

Anonymous said...

Who said that computer knows how to think? Computers are program by human to put garbage in and garbage out! So human intervention is must to it better...

Anonymous said...

More power to Google!

Anonymous said...

School of Vice = សាលាភ្នាក់ងារ

But

សាលាភ្នាក់ងារ = agency

Oh well this is just the beta program. = អូផងដែរនេះគឺគ្រាន់តែជាកម្មវិធីបែតា។

not bad = មិនអាក្រក់ទេ

Anonymous said...

don't be so hard on google; this is only the beginning, so there are rooms for correction and improvement, etc. perhaps on educated khmer individuals can help google to correct and improvement, especially when we see mistakes, wrong translation or wrong meaning, etc, educated khmer people who are unselfish and can volunteer to help improve and correct the translations, the definitions, etc... like anything else, when first started, there's expected to be imperfection. i hope google will consult with educated, qualified khmer educators from cambodia for the khmer language correctness and so forth.

khmer writing system do not follow the same as in english. for example, in khmer, the adjectives come after the nouns and there's no space between words in a sentence. some khmer punctuations are different from english or french; and khmer romanized words are written in the french way more than it is in the english way. for example, tonle sap is pronounced like tonlae sap, but cambodia uses the spelling tonle sap instead of tonlae sap, although in english pronounciation, it is tonlae sap but the french adopted way, cambodia spelled it as tonle sap; and phnom penh is pronounced as p'nom pen, however, we know khmer spelled it phnom penh (ph in khmer is not the 'f' sound like in english). in khmer when we see ph, sh, th, they do not sound like in english, instead the h is silent. however, khmer use double h as in kompong chhnang because the double h is due the the sound of on of the khmer consonants. yes, to learn khmer, the student has to master the khmer sound in all the khmer consonants and khmer vowels. and certain khmer consonants changes their sounds when they are combined with a certain vowels. so, it is important to master those distinction of sounds in the khmer consonants. khmer have strong 'r' sound and weak 's' sound; that said, however, the beautiful thing about khmer language is that khmer people can say any sound though, even if those sounds are foreign tongue, khmer can still say it. when asking a khmer person a yes or no question, make sure to emphasize yes means yes, and no means no because in khmer way, most of the time yes means no; it's the way the khmer person answers it that makes yes a no, so always make sure what they mean by yes. anway, i can go on forever. enjoy learning khmer.

Anonymous said...

ok
really
you know
etc and etc
not bad eh?

=
ចុចយល់ព្រម
ពិតជា
អ្នកដឹងទេ
លនិងល
មិនអាក្រក់ទេ eh?

Anonymous said...

phnom penh, the 'nh' in 'penh' actually sound like the 'ny' in 'canyon', that's the very correct khmer sound; however, khmer people can accept foreigner who pronounced phnom penh as p'nom pen, that's close enough!

Anonymous said...

Vote for Khmer Antipoverty Party this comming election and there will be no more hunger in cambodia.

Anonymous said...

like any language, if you study khmer, the best sound in khmer is to speak with the native khmer people in order to get the real correct khmer sound, but khmer people understand and can tolerate foreigner who try to speak khmer; you don't have to be perfect and khmer people will try to help you to speak correctly in khmer, otherwise, you can sound a little funny to the khmer ears, but not a big deal to khmer though, we understand that most foreign who try to speak khmer may sound a little funny, not a problem, don't be shy about it. on the other hand if you can speak fluent khmer, we will say oh you can speak good khmer. we pray you and find that to be interesting!

Anonymous said...

School also means group of fishes , whales etc ...
school of fishes. = ហ្វូងត្រី
School of Vice. =. ហ្វូង .....?

Anonymous said...

Google គឺជាម៉ាស៊ីនដែលមានក្បាល បួនជ្រុង។
មានតែ មនុស្ស ដែលមានក្បាលមូល។
តើមានអ្វីជា អាថ៌កំបាំង? !។

Google est une machine qui a une tête carrée.
Seul l’homme a une tête ronde.
Où est le mystère ? !

Google is a machine that has a square head
Only man has a round head.

Where is the mystery? !

Anonymous said...

There should be a standard of Khmer writing system to help Google making a better translation, such as:

Kill = សំលាប់
Remind = រំលឹក
Habit = ទំលាប់
Sound = សំលេង instead of សំឡេង

If it is possible avoid using the independence vowels ឪ, ឮ…

Anonymous said...

Google is the best in the World to help every human to improve their communications and directions.

Thank you so much to Google staffs and Khmer Umicode founder for working so hard and so long on Khmer language. We are so happy to see Khmer language in an internet and be able to read Khmer language in an internet. We wish Yahoo will do the same.

Anonymous said...

thnaks and Congratulation to google team for your well done, as we knew that Khmer language is the living languange since buddish years 556,Thai and lao also toke it from Khmer.

Ah Sen and henchman lok Koh Tral, Ah Sen and henchman lok Koh Tral.

Spean TEP

Anonymous said...

thnaks and Congratulation to google team for your well done, as we knew that Khmer language is the living languange since buddish years 556,Thai and lao also toke it from Khmer.

Ah Sen and henchman lok Koh Tral, Ah Sen and henchman lok Koh Tral.

Spean TEP

Anonymous said...

MIKE LOVES SUSHI!!!

ṂĨḲÊ ỸÊƯ ṢƯŚḤĨ!!!

Anonymous said...

វាជាការល្អណាស់បើគេអាចបកបានត្រូវតាមន័យរបស់ពាក្យ(ខ្ញុំយល់ថាគេអ្នកជំនាញមែន)។ ជានោះទៅទៀតខ្ញុំក៏ព្រួយបារម្ភខ្លាំងណាស់ដែរអំពី សូសំនៀងរបស់តួអក្សរខ្មែរជាច្រើនដែលយើងជាកូនខ្មែរ ជាទម្លាប់ភាគច្រើននៅពុំទាន់បានបញ្ចេញឲ្យបានត្រូវតាមស័ព្ទសំនៀងេបស់តួអក្យរបានឡើយ ជាពិសេសខ្មែរដែលមានសំអាណឹង មានដូចជា៖ អក្សរ
ព វ យ ស្រះ ោ ៅ នឹងស្រះពេញតួ ឪ ។ល។
ជាសំនូមពរ៖ ពេលលោកបញ្ចូលសូរស័ព្ទក្នុងគូគុលបាន សូមមេត្តា កាត់បន្ថយសំនៀងអាណឹង ពេលបង្ហើរសំនៀង ២) សូមមេត្តាប្រើចុងអណ្តាត នឹងបបូរមាត់បិទបើកឲ្យបានត្រឹមត្រូវ ៣) សូមកុំបញ្ចេ្សំនៀងតាមភាសារនិយាយសាមញ្ញ(តាមផ្លូវ)។
សូមអរគុណ! ពីព្រលឹងខ្មែរលើ

Anonymous said...

T0 9:26PM

MIKE ALSO LOVES DOG MEAT!

Anonymous said...

T0 9:26PM

Mike ក៏ស្រឡាញ់សាច់ឆ្កែ!

Anonymous said...

អា ម៉ាច្គ វា ចុយឆ្កែញី ហើយស៊ី ឆ្កែញ៊ី ទៀត!

Anonymous said...

1:03 AM ÑÔÑṢÊÑṢÊ!!!

Anonymous said...

3:23 AM
You cited the wrong person.
Theary Seng just wants to " play " with the Khmer language.

Anonymous said...

How sure are you, 1:42 AM?
ប្រាកដជាអញ្ចឹងម៉ែនឬ ១:៤២AM, ហា៎ ហា៎​ ហា៎!!!

Anonymous said...

Can Google translate Hun Sen ? Let me help Mike :
Hun (n) = Vandal = អ្នកបំផ្លាញទ្រព្យឯកជន ឬ សាធារណ:
Sen. ( abbr ). = Senior = ជើងចាស់ ឬ ជាន់ខ្ពស់
Hun Sen =  អ្នកបំផ្លាញជាតិដុះស្លែរ
ref. : Oxford American Dictionary

Anonymous said...

stop picking on mr. hun sen. stop infatuate with him all the time, really. there are more to cambodia than that, you know! keep your dirty opinion to yourself, ok! if you want to be prime minister, first you have to be a major, then a governor, then you can qualify to run for prime minister position, ok. don't think just because you just graduation from high school that you can apply for prime minister position, it doesn't work that way, ok!

Anonymous said...

oh no! this "really ,ok , really" is back to haunt "school of Vice" now..Oh shit, no!!

Anonymous said...

ok
really
you know
etc and etc
not bad eh?
=
ចុចយល់ព្រម
ពិតជា
អ្នកដឹងទេ
លនិងល
មិនអាក្រក់ទេ eh?

Anonymous said...

Oh God dammit Mr. ok …really …you know …etc and etc! Stop being such a real pain in the ass. Will you shut the fuck up?


Anonymous said...

Wrong ! Hun Sen was Yuon's Prisoner then he was raised to Priminister .
After he was brain -washed & changed his name from Hai Phuc to
Hun Sen .

Anonymous said...

952am
I agree with you.
Hun Sen was a murderer in killing his own khmer people of the benefit of the VC and Chen crooks and then, those crooks reserve that positon as PM, so that they can continue to control and to rob from us all and leaving us with nothing.

In the end. they said 'Hun is our dog, when we tell him to sit, he sits and when we tell him to bark, he barks just like we did to the kingta and the pol pot, we had to used them and then killed them all, ahahahaha...

So, PM please wake up before it is too late. they done it before and they will do it again and again. They took, Lao, Champa, Indigenous Mong, Prey Nokhor, Khmer krom and now the whole srok khmer. So, please call for unity and collaboration or else, soon you will be history too. Why? because I care for you and your family and also you are just another khmer like me and don't want you to be used by those crooks no more. Please think that, money is not everything, our people and our national pride is everything. In the end, 'the mean will justify the end'...where it said 'do not kill and do not steal' but the VC, Chen and Members of the CPP crooks are theives and off course, it is against heavenly rule. Furthermore, the 'righteous will live forever and the wicked will be doomed'. So, please wake up, together, let get rid of the thieves and let out of our country for good. So, be blessed everyone!!!!

Anonymous said...

let them* out