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>Fully automated translation of embedded text in programs is not currently
>possible; some automated translation is possible, however the quality is
>not sufficient to depend on it completely.
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>That depends entirely on what you mean by "Fully automated translation". If you
>mean that you point your translation application at the program and a fully
>translated application pops out the other end, then true. But, providing you
>plan correctly from the beginning, there is no reason why translation shouldn't
>be highly automated. The first thing not to do is have embedded text in
>programs! What do you mean by "automated translation"? If you mean full machine
>translation, you may debatably be correct, but otherwise you're way adrift. All
>the translation we do here is automated to some extent.

Whether you call it "Fully" or not does not matter, the fact will tell.
My point is:
1) Tools certainly help;
2) Text used by programs (as error message, short help message etc.) are
    different from "normal" text and needs much more human attention, this is
    because: A) they are short but may mean more than a few words can express;
    B) they are context very much sensitive; C) they often have jagon;
    D) they are often novel-users unfriendly;
3) the state-of-the-art of translating systems does not cope with the
    special requirements (see A-D in 2));
4) it often happens that translating text messages reveals that the original
    text is not accurate or hardly fits the target language without some
    modifications.

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