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Beware of the tractor - and the dodgy translation
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Bill Byrne shows Gareth Mitchell how user feedback can help shape the quality of machine translations for everyone.
This is an extended version of the interview broadcast on Click on BBC World Service Radio, 19th July 2011.
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