| Do you sometimes wonder why certain
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| | something is acquired (it looks like the
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| materials are badly translated? One of
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| | English word obtain). A different word
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| these reasons why translation is
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| | must be used if you want "get" to take on
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| difficult is a phenomenon known as
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| | a different meaning.
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| polysemy: the many meanings that a
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| | In each of the following sentences "get"
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| single word can take.
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| | takes a different meaning:
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| For example, In English, the word plain
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| | I need to get some bread. (buy)
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| can take on the following
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| | I get the idea. (understand)
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| meanings:ordinary / undecorated: a plain
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| | We need to get home. (arrive)
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| white shirteasy / simple to understand:
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| | This is just one word out of many which
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| plain Englisha level area of land: great
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| | can cause translation difficulty. One
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| plains
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| | must study the context carefully and do
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| Due to polysemy, translating English into
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| | not try to translate word for word, or
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| other languages is more complex than it
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| | even worse, rely on an automated
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| seems. One will have to know which sense
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| | translator. Translation done by a
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| of the word is truly needed.
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| | machine can produce very awkward and
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| For example, there are over 20 ways to
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| | often hilarious results which make no
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| saying "to get" in French. This is
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| | sense at all. Automatic translators are
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| because there are multiple meanings of
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| | only useful for giving a brief overview
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| "get" that are used in English, but the
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| | (the gist of what is being said) of the
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| French must use a different word for each
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| | main ideas being discussed. How will a
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| of those meanings. This concept isn't
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| | machine translator know which sense of a
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| that obvious, but this can give
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| | word is being used, especially if that
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| translators some trouble.
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| | word has many homonyms? Looking at the
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| At basic levels of French, most are
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| | context (or surrounding words) is
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| taught the verb obtenir ("to get"). But
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| | somewhat useful, but it is not always
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| which sense of the word "get" is really
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| | fool-proof. Only a human being can
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| used here? Obtenir is used when
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| | determine what the best translation is.
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