tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2681631428543933209..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: How did this happen?gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-36899202705878519232016-10-28T13:53:40.010-04:002016-10-28T13:53:40.010-04:00I found it very odd as well. Still not sure what h...I found it very odd as well. Still not sure what happened.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-32670506335392215072016-10-27T22:35:34.446-04:002016-10-27T22:35:34.446-04:00That'd odd — I don't think Google has any ...That'd odd — I don't think Google has any email marketing program that uses their data.Bharathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342766321155942855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-40536201838640638042016-10-27T00:27:03.922-04:002016-10-27T00:27:03.922-04:00But it leaves open the question of what suddenly m...But it leaves open the question of what suddenly made them decide I am a translator?<br /><br />Maybe they can detect (somehow) that I use Google translate a lot. So a single translation might not give us an answer.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-11113209114357963982016-10-27T00:25:26.024-04:002016-10-27T00:25:26.024-04:00Interestingly, today the same people mailed me abo...Interestingly, today the same people mailed me about Hungarian translation. This might support your answer of coincidence: I can't recall if I've translated any Hungarian lately.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-42227905042538869222016-10-26T17:52:31.178-04:002016-10-26T17:52:31.178-04:00Fair enough. I just used google translate to trans...Fair enough. I just used google translate to translate some Polish text to English. If I get a translation job offer soon then we'll know. Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991797256901556143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-64313811680512453272016-10-26T10:53:34.598-04:002016-10-26T10:53:34.598-04:00Maybe Google allows their costumers to set up this...Maybe Google allows their costumers to set up this kind of direct marketing by providing some template, and when Google notices you match their specs, it sends the template with your data filled in.scineramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142605759954423474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-13261435339573398172016-10-26T10:40:40.174-04:002016-10-26T10:40:40.174-04:00The two languages I know best after English are Sp...The two languages I know best after English are Spanish and Italian. And if you checked my use of Google translate, you would find it absolutely dominated by Spanish and Italian. And I bet the rest of my usage pretty much follows languages in order of my skill in them: French, then German, then Portuguese, then Latin, and finally a tiny smattering of Hindi, Bengali, Polish, Swedish, Dutch, Catalan, etc.<br /><br />So based on my experience, the better one knows a foreign language, the MORE likely one is to use Google translate for that language.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-33092794561250616022016-10-26T10:35:45.863-04:002016-10-26T10:35:45.863-04:00No it wouldn't: even a professional translator...No it wouldn't: even a professional translator could turn to Google for an obscure word, an idiomatic phrase, etc.<br /><br />The thing is, how in the world did this person get any notion at all that I knew even a word of Polish? I've never mentioned speaking any Polish on this blog, never put it on a resume, etc. etc.<br /><br />But I get an email addressed "Dear Gene" offering me a Polish translation job *12 hours* after the first time I use Google translate for Polish.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-67996058670259641502016-10-26T08:44:38.445-04:002016-10-26T08:44:38.445-04:00If you have to use google translate for Polish, wo...If you have to use google translate for Polish, wouldn't knowing that information make people *less* likely to offer you a job doing Polish-English translation? <br /><br />I vote coincidence. Josiah Neeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991797256901556143noreply@blogger.com