Keskows Devnydhyer:West Virginian

User:163.166.150.22 a skrifas:

Dynnargh! Splann o gweles dha erthygel a-dro dhe Virjynni West, mes res yw dhis godhvos an jynn-treylyer dhe askorra atal (dell yw klerhes y'n Bennfolenn). Drog lowr o an Kernewek y'th erthygel, mes treweythyow gweth hwath yw an pyth a dheu dhiworth an medhelweyth na. Ny wonn hwath pyth yw "gwrewgh amontya" ha rakhenna ny allav y ewnhe. Pandr'a wrussys jynn-skrifa y'n dowlenn?

Welcome! It was great to see your article about West Virginia, but you need to know that the translation software produces garbage (as is explained on the Main Page). The Cornish in your article was fairly bad, but often what comes out of that software is even worse. I still don't know what "gwreugh amontya" is supposed to mean - literally it is something like "do calculate" - so I can't correct it. What did you type into the translation program?

Y'n kynsa le, 163.166.150.22, an spas "User" a berghenn dhe'n devnydhyer y honan. Askorr dha gows y'n spas "User talk" mar pleg! ¶ Y'n nessa le, kler yw Caponer dhe dhalleth an erthygel yn KUA. Yth esa kammow y'n tekst a skrifas, sur, mes gwell via aga hewnhe yn KUA. Nyns yw Wikipedi rag Kernewek Kemmyn yn unnik! ¶ Ha trysa, meur ras a'th kevro, Caponer. Wolkomm yw; mes ewn yw 163.166.150.22 dhe leverel bos an jynn-treylyer leun a gammow.

Y'n kensa le, 163.166.150.22, an spas "User" a berghen dhe'n devnydhyer y honan. Askor dha gows y'n spas "User talk" mar pleg! ¶ Y'n nessa le, cler yw Caponer dhe dhalleth an erthygel yn KUA. Yth esa cammow y'n text a screfas, sur, mes gwell vya aga hewnhe yn KUA. Nyns yw Wykypedy rag Kernowek Kemyn yn unyk! ¶ Ha tresa, muer ras a'th kevro, Caponer. Wolcum yw; mes ewn yw 163.166.150.22 dhe leverel bos an jyn-trelyer luen a gammow.

In the first place, 163.166.150.22, the "User" area belongs to the user himself. Please add your comments in the "User talk" space! ¶ In the second place, it's clear that Caponer began the article in UCR. There were mistakes in what he wrote, true, but it would be better to correct them in UCR. Wikipedia's not for Kernewek Kemmyn alone! ¶ And third, thanks for your contribution, Caponer. It's welcome; but 163.166.150.22 is right to say that the translation engine is full of mistakes.

Gorhemmynadow a'n gwella, ☮ yn-medh Owen. 16:13, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

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Hey Caponer, no need to apologize. I'm not sure the jynn-treylyer is a sham exactly, it just doesn't work smoothly or perfectly. (It also inserts accent marks which nobody uses when writing Cornish!) I think it could be useful if you had a good working grasp of Cornish grammar and sentence structure, but not vocabulary – it would just be a short-hand for looking up every word in a dictionary. Mind you, the words it gives you are sometimes wrong too (sort of like George W Bush once writing on his term paper that "lacerates were streaming down his face"!). Also, please don't be turned off of Cornish Wikipedia -- there are lots of things you can do around here even if your knowledge of Cornish is limited. For example, you can translate infoboxes on countries and languages; you can fix linking and redirects; you can add short stubs on various topics. I usually try to expand such stubs, if nobody else does. Yeghes da, ☮ yn-medh Owen. 23:52, 8 February 2006 (UTC)