tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56025277215438426792024-03-13T08:27:57.588-07:00Web Theologian and Evangelistmichaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-5425094553095617852011-03-29T14:30:00.000-07:002011-03-29T14:44:47.688-07:00WordPress here we come...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhti_iTxvPpGOQuOqMs6DSOeEUXMVeYY0tGaL2VTTFUexBXnrLlu1Oe7R5JX5mS-LgwmV4wNUTg14g24YiBrl78coZTzqzuHzj3iKA-WGwzFrFYKNYKe-kowJWxx0XvHETBIgEqx7hzI/s1600/Untitled.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhti_iTxvPpGOQuOqMs6DSOeEUXMVeYY0tGaL2VTTFUexBXnrLlu1Oe7R5JX5mS-LgwmV4wNUTg14g24YiBrl78coZTzqzuHzj3iKA-WGwzFrFYKNYKe-kowJWxx0XvHETBIgEqx7hzI/s400/Untitled.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589618709137155666" /></a><br />I switched over today, so please bare with me in the transition.<br /><br />For those of you who have not noticed the Web Theologian and Evangelist has dropped a word...Localization. My time with Welocalize has ended after a wonderful run. The next adventure is in the works and I will be thrilled to update you with more information as it is available.<br /><br /><br />For now check out and enjoy the new site. Also check out my friend Jeff's mocking words on this change:)<br />http://thewebtheologian.com/michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-65312778693061688422011-03-28T11:33:00.000-07:002011-03-28T11:37:21.290-07:00CLEAR's customer service<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EQQ5VmtGf_GnwdM19Gb1KLVeGopnN7kN0jNyGdi1_FE6miLfZVP-PiBCvuYd17hiteAXmUJoKnt4DiVMaLcL4Ivt0YUWgVc_GQ_0Kd7LAbhNq28vsUtuMKh3C02B7VBwRQBBrwJFgTg/s1600/Untitled.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EQQ5VmtGf_GnwdM19Gb1KLVeGopnN7kN0jNyGdi1_FE6miLfZVP-PiBCvuYd17hiteAXmUJoKnt4DiVMaLcL4Ivt0YUWgVc_GQ_0Kd7LAbhNq28vsUtuMKh3C02B7VBwRQBBrwJFgTg/s400/Untitled.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589201602775173042" /></a><br />Last week after over a month of performance issues I decided to address CLEAR, so I called in. Technical Support could not help unless I shut down the service I pay monthly for two hours, Account Manager told me I should switch to another provider. So I went on to their Customer Support Portal and commented, starting the discussion.<br /><br />This morning I got to log into my CLEAR account and they deactivated it. I had to go onto customer service chat to have them reactivate it.<br /><br />"very technical", that is classic.michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-72676607975229056282011-03-18T17:11:00.000-07:002011-03-18T17:16:30.780-07:00My facebook thoughts on Rob Bell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMhy5FZ4ZrS3RTr2J8ZYZ5Pq1ShS9lkNYfbVG6RAQUQ-mqn8DxK_EFLXlkUbshl-zZhIG4-Os9dGtO0dwyIkXmFq5r1SotNFsspZrIrcc-VUaLvCoTHSszZ_H5mhuLBC67Ny5XNnTz98/s1600/fbookclip.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMhy5FZ4ZrS3RTr2J8ZYZ5Pq1ShS9lkNYfbVG6RAQUQ-mqn8DxK_EFLXlkUbshl-zZhIG4-Os9dGtO0dwyIkXmFq5r1SotNFsspZrIrcc-VUaLvCoTHSszZ_H5mhuLBC67Ny5XNnTz98/s400/fbookclip.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585577857983406946" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">There is actually good conversations going on about Rob Bell. Martin Bashir's interview is almost childish; starting with can God create a rock too big to move? or at least the emotional charged equivalent which uses the tragedy in Japan in a cheap way. Martin has not taken a Philosophy 101 course, at least he apparently read Rob Bell's book.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">If you are concerned/offended or whatever by Rob Bell please go to places where he is clearly refuted by orthodox scholarship not playground antics. Rob Bell has a clear history of stepping into it theologically, this is not his first rodeo. Yet like many of the Christian leaders and contemporaries of mine I am embarrassed but more embarrassed by our lack of charity and good pointed conversation. Please move beyond watching a brother squirm at the hand of someone who cannot enter into the basics of a civil philosophical/theological conversation.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Check out Jeff's thoughts here, pretty good...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://t.co/z9nVcdW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: underline; ">http://t.co/z9nVcdW</a></span></p></span>michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-14336442167324893322011-03-06T11:21:00.001-08:002011-03-06T11:21:51.620-08:00Wow, very important part of the last few years of my life<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwkjQIYZ4vlVj9XF_HMRcPGUvMUdFIwDwti0VkRVFnMPrA0YSt_CwFGMbVNKi_2fiFgxwcQ_MK2MQ1Uq5yeg4AvyRFdvTeA62N8WTmEvEQgWMTv2cUTIv1JcaA5X5_7JFE47h3Jw0cec/s1600/photo-711620.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwkjQIYZ4vlVj9XF_HMRcPGUvMUdFIwDwti0VkRVFnMPrA0YSt_CwFGMbVNKi_2fiFgxwcQ_MK2MQ1Uq5yeg4AvyRFdvTeA62N8WTmEvEQgWMTv2cUTIv1JcaA5X5_7JFE47h3Jw0cec/s320/photo-711620.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581049350044008706" 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/></a></p>michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-72462168572162107282011-01-30T17:35:00.000-08:002011-01-30T17:37:34.155-08:00Sunday Nite Game Nite<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxny7sjUEHW8LrqG9Yz5z_VBF4ygHQagTxwnLnHRYo6GeMXON48JjMBI5lvjTCmg_UhjOe3068QQBBieJSWdw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-18355582690178434762010-12-30T13:50:00.000-08:002010-12-30T14:43:40.760-08:00Generosity with "Muffin" Ice Cream<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7hWgnL5ZppxeCd-O95hYuS4Jrn95Z-41Ke_Id8IlYMvvuBRpoHl0HCxHthzbTiRBhB4ZAU5TqUmNRNbJxrG3fseKjkJsfTFod_2qdoi-7JaTPf-T4wQtWHd6snwX0xd5RkHuh_zP7CI/s1600/photo-720761.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7hWgnL5ZppxeCd-O95hYuS4Jrn95Z-41Ke_Id8IlYMvvuBRpoHl0HCxHthzbTiRBhB4ZAU5TqUmNRNbJxrG3fseKjkJsfTFod_2qdoi-7JaTPf-T4wQtWHd6snwX0xd5RkHuh_zP7CI/s320/photo-720761.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556609734619258354" /></a></p>michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-39504868001017087992010-12-25T11:10:00.000-08:002010-12-25T16:44:25.682-08:00My best Xmas gift<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrdXfmxZt080wjnexbZZPPssmf7NIb6iQnJQ3xafIqjpug1twfQKIscZRRpm1InoF8HhtJNNy0B36Q9rGL5w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-57806738305826118012010-12-15T06:35:00.000-08:002010-12-15T10:59:23.405-08:00and so the process begins...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHZsgJxQslAgxX1Skd1i6tpHxE8hr3r464OOGfgVAwPVPIFpkWqZZlwwNP9oHAYadYb-e02oSvFFcmSxyY9_W0qKJ6TGHkps7ACHoXDzwABFe41zSFtPqFBsXPdVT-BaTmWC3tChjJjs/s1600/IMG_1023.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHZsgJxQslAgxX1Skd1i6tpHxE8hr3r464OOGfgVAwPVPIFpkWqZZlwwNP9oHAYadYb-e02oSvFFcmSxyY9_W0qKJ6TGHkps7ACHoXDzwABFe41zSFtPqFBsXPdVT-BaTmWC3tChjJjs/s400/IMG_1023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550920481243968130" border="0" /></a>A local Seattle artist named Charley connected with Karin and I right at the perfect time. He is currently doing the heavy lifting to transform 6036 5th Ave NW into The Nest. Along the way I will continue to document the process and hopefully others will too.<br /><br /><br /><br />The sun was out yesterday, so the entire unit was opened up all windows and everything! Here are some of the garbage pieces on the deck.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Bxi7PkddlNhAb32Ux_ci1yvzu_94Asos50XcNbofHLw1-BtI-EIK-dd2Bdq7i3DcmoZoq4BPLGEjFsNCygLMOM8P4JDKt5bEDANJun2tF_HgQw3MRw9_p3qMJdC3v3m0obUb-DpdyZo/s1600/IMG_1024.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Bxi7PkddlNhAb32Ux_ci1yvzu_94Asos50XcNbofHLw1-BtI-EIK-dd2Bdq7i3DcmoZoq4BPLGEjFsNCygLMOM8P4JDKt5bEDANJun2tF_HgQw3MRw9_p3qMJdC3v3m0obUb-DpdyZo/s400/IMG_1024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550920170564064434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The carpet has mostly been pulled up and someone came and got it after posting it on Craigslist. Their plan is to use it for soundproofing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkOnMj_vwOQDoOCC-Yex_be3nIu8FPIbmuV0T6ATzJAosPMIPLcYMD80AA1QUN3kIp3yGIN6oehxiy56c1jhUbF1XZMNATtr34EAicd641CbSuw7Ybc9gZPuk03a9JgL7Sr5mfVWJ93Y/s1600/IMG_1025.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkOnMj_vwOQDoOCC-Yex_be3nIu8FPIbmuV0T6ATzJAosPMIPLcYMD80AA1QUN3kIp3yGIN6oehxiy56c1jhUbF1XZMNATtr34EAicd641CbSuw7Ybc9gZPuk03a9JgL7Sr5mfVWJ93Y/s400/IMG_1025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550919241949141170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />With every change to the place there seems to be a new spirit of refreshment!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RqvHfx5wBAbIDKkg41XZyQ9kUfJlbj7MGjhUpTunowjaGo2E8MyMVVRXHWm2FJD7G6ID7XuZi9BcwwGsvf-iHigrzyIZLjyDTkCQKLXhrdo2Xa-VD-eftDyYpUIAzmPjpQFVrSW-rR4/s1600/IMG_1022.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RqvHfx5wBAbIDKkg41XZyQ9kUfJlbj7MGjhUpTunowjaGo2E8MyMVVRXHWm2FJD7G6ID7XuZi9BcwwGsvf-iHigrzyIZLjyDTkCQKLXhrdo2Xa-VD-eftDyYpUIAzmPjpQFVrSW-rR4/s400/IMG_1022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550918262800559106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Charlie wanted to make sure he had his TV over so when his son visits they have something to do! This is a beautiful and amazing work.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In addition to the work Charlie did yesterday we got the studio space cleared out so that there is not room for two artists to start working. Moorea will be moving in immediately! I've asked her to take some pictures for us as well. I'll be updating with those pictures and pictures of Charley and Moorea.michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-78990835509339527222010-12-14T08:22:00.001-08:002010-12-14T08:22:25.378-08:00AMAZING Charles Spurgeon - Morning and Evening<div><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%;"> Morning</p> <i>They go from strength to strength.</i><p><a href="Psa+84:7">Psalms 84:7</a> </p><p>They go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress.</p><p>Our own good translation of the authorized version is enough for us this morning. <i>They go from strength to strength.</i> That is, they grow stronger and stronger. Usually, if we are walking, we go from strength to weakness; we start fresh and in good order for our journey, but by-and-by the road is rough, and the sun is hot, we sit down by the wayside, and then again painfully pursue our weary way. But the Christian pilgrim having obtained fresh supplies of grace, is as vigorous after years of toilsome travel and struggle as when he first set out. He may not be quite so elate and buoyant, nor perhaps quite so hot and hasty in his zeal as he once was, but he is much stronger in all that constitutes real power, and travels, if more slowly, far more surely. Some gray-haired veterans have been as firm in their grasp of truth, and as zealous in diffusing it, as they were in their younger days; but, alas, it must be confessed it is often otherwise, for the love of many waxes cold and iniquity abounds, but this is their own sin and not the fault of the promise which still holds good: <i>The youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.</i> Fretful spirits sit down and trouble themselves about the future. <i>Alas!</i> say they, <i>we go from affliction to affliction.</i> Very true, O thou of little faith, but then thou goest from strength to strength also. Thou shalt never find a bundle of affliction which has not bound up in the midst of it sufficient grace. God will give the strength of ripe manhood with the burden allotted to full-grown shoulders. <i>Sent from the Morning and Evening Devotional, by Charles Spurgeon. For devotionals like this one for your iPhone, visit us at <a href="http://www.43rdelement.com/emailreferral/index.html?app=spurgeon"><a href="http://43rdElement.com">43rdElement.com</a></a></i></p></div><div></div><div><br><br>Michael Stevens<div>Welocalize</div><div>206.407.6067</div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div>michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-33244611735624323142010-12-06T08:42:00.000-08:002010-12-06T08:58:20.073-08:00In a previous post about <a href="http://thewebtheologian.blogspot.com/2010/10/space-and-the-priority-of-third-place.html">Third Places</a>, I talked about some of my growing views, hospitality and the building which we lived in. Over the past few months there has been a greater shift in my life then has every happened previously, and much to my surprise. Many things I thought were foundational are now not, and things that appear temporary are proving eternal significance. This time has been very challenging but also one I am very grateful for.<br /><br />Just last week events with the tenants in our unit below entirely changed my understanding of the building we live in. Initially I sensed that it was putting to rest hopes and dreams I had, but now after some time I clearly see God was using a crazy drunken tenant (now evicted tenant) to expand our dreams. The dream for what our building can become is more clear and much larger than we had first imagined, but so is my dream for caring for my wife and family.<br /><br />Immediately this means we are actively and aggressively pursuing buying a house. A safe beautiful space for my family to worship, heal, and rest up for the great journey ahead of us. The building will not only be filled with new renters once it has some work done it on. But it will be fill with artist who have a vision to live in community with one another; shared meals, shared garden, and shared vision. This will be a place of both healing and preparing artist to make a living with their passions and engage the world in a deep and meaningful way. I see a big part of what we are going to do similar to <a href="http://www.labri.org/">L'Abri.</a> Karin and I realizing we need to get out of the way made this something so much more than we could ever imagine.<br /><br />What needs to happen now:<br />Need to get work done so the bottom unit can be move in ready, we have some very interesting and cool plans for that.<br />Need prayer as we do not have the specifics of plan/map of what this will look like.<br />Need to talk with wise people who have pursued and been involved with similar communities.<br />Need to get the plan on paper and prayed over.<br />Need to settle our families' living situation.<br /><br />I'm sure there are a million more things that I could list here but this is an exciting time and I look forward to sharing what the specifics will look like and presenting the name publicly!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Spurgeon, http://thewebtheologian.blogspot.com/2010/11/spurgeons-thoughts-on-home-as-church.htmlmichaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-62773580376835671862010-11-29T08:11:00.000-08:002010-11-29T08:12:22.877-08:00New Job Title<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwK9P1p6NsKJ-1TJkvORHerfclc4BfeBga4TGECj3h-opaq6nNwxMuAS9fPeCHSqmKnAOZcGqUkhYn-4uZhYSL9zm8Mg2zDy3efO-1uiRMPXItGljTHCY68pdAupY5CMtvXE35Veqnuu0/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwK9P1p6NsKJ-1TJkvORHerfclc4BfeBga4TGECj3h-opaq6nNwxMuAS9fPeCHSqmKnAOZcGqUkhYn-4uZhYSL9zm8Mg2zDy3efO-1uiRMPXItGljTHCY68pdAupY5CMtvXE35Veqnuu0/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1W6X5tH8qj7V17R5fXigRiDG3Id_JiXSpvPsYQlxUMoKuyrm6zJln3TJIq0AWmF_DsLKFitv-ZS24LUA81HP2aTSCQNOmdUT10HxsDZHzCpOp1d6En9ZgQJtDwIRZc_BDxZMUptsurM/s1600/photo-768743.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1W6X5tH8qj7V17R5fXigRiDG3Id_JiXSpvPsYQlxUMoKuyrm6zJln3TJIq0AWmF_DsLKFitv-ZS24LUA81HP2aTSCQNOmdUT10HxsDZHzCpOp1d6En9ZgQJtDwIRZc_BDxZMUptsurM/s320/photo-768743.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544800073292088834" /></a></p>Seems funny now that I'm in localization and have three NSA Holiday Ornaments!michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602527721543842679.post-23840490650204776722010-11-28T18:29:00.001-08:002010-11-28T18:29:38.259-08:00Holiday Elf helping decorate<p class="mobile-photo"><a 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Like everything these days everyone wants to know hoe to do it faster, and often times cheaper. That is where Machine Translation comes into the picture. When I started in the industry just a few years ago, my common line was that machine translation would not be a viable option for ten years, well that was sn overestimation and now I have many clients with it in full production.<br /><br />Here are the most basics around machine translation, so if you are at a cocktail party and it comes up you can impress your friends (thank me later):<br /><br />For Consumer products there are great free options out there from <a href="http://translate.google.com/m/translate?hl=en&twu=1">Google</a>, <a href="http://babelfish.yahoo.com">Babelfish</a>, and <a href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com/">Microsoft</a>. These are good for getting the gist of a translation, though if relied upon too much can lead to awkward situations. One friend who just bought a company in Korea typed into the translator, "We are excited to do business with you." the translation engine spit out, "We are horny to do business with you.". In our industry everyone has about four or five of those stories.<br /><br />There are excellent commercial machine translation engines out there <a href="http://www.statmt.org/moses/">Moses</a> (open-source), <a href="http://www.promt.com/">ProMT</a>, and <a href="http://www.systransoft.com/">SysTRANS</a>. Each of these have consumer options so if you just want to geek out go for it. There is also plenty of time to discuss the differences between rules based, statistical, and hybrid engines so we will cover that later.<br /><br />At the end of the day we are still making it about the Post Editors (name for translators when they work on Machine Translation output). When you have the correct people enjoying their work on that end it will pay off on the client end. There is a long way to go on that front but as a company we are working very closely with our supply chain and clients to move this industry into the future. <br /><br />What is the connection for me? It's all about the "word". God chose to communicate with us in written form, translation has been at the heart of that communication from the very beginning. Now I have the joy to work in an industry where that is the focus, correct and efficient translation. How does technology change us? As people, as spiritual being, in how we related to the "word".michaelstevensrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874218586537189296noreply@blogger.com0