What is happening here is that to translate say French text into German, the French is first translated to a language the computer understands and can work with.

这里，我们要介绍的是由法语转换成德语的故事。法语是第一个成功转换成计算机能够理解并且可以进行互译的语言。

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Hired to translate German mystery novels into French, for example, she made a point of transforming their tall, blond heroes into squat, dark-haired gnomes with fleshy noses.

比如，当被雇佣将德文侦探小说翻译为法文时，她特别将他们高大、金发碧眼的英雄翻译为矮壮的、神色头发的、拥有肥大鼻子的侏儒。

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M: Can you help me to translate these sentences into German now?

男：你能帮我吗这些句子翻译成德语吗？

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Acceptance of English, French and German as the commission's working languages obviates the need to translate every scrap of paper into all 11 official languages.

ECONOMIST: Europe��s languages