Mark W Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 There are some fabulous prizes too, thanks to trial-bikes.com ! Would I be right in thinking if you win that competition you have to give a couple of hundred £'s to Trial-Bikes.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) Would I be right in thinking if you win that competition you have to give a couple of hundred £'s to Trial-Bikes.com? Not quite.... The winner can choose between a FREE Ozonys XR20 frame OR any Ozonys bike at half price. So if you choose the frame you give them nothing. If you choose the second option you will admittedly be buying a bike and therefore giving Trial-Bikes.com the money, BUT it's a brand new top-of-the-range bike at half price, which isn't bad! Edited September 15, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Ah, cool, the wording confused me a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Ah, cool, the wording confused me a bit... Which wording in particular? I'll see if I can make it a bit clearer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Kenny's World Champ Party - It's party-time in the Belaey household following Kenny's ninth world title… Here are a few words form the new World Champion and some photos from his "World Champ Party" on Saturday night ! Abel Mustieles in Mont Sainte-Anne - More photos from the World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne. This time the focus is on Spanish prodigy Abel Mustieles García, who finished in fourth place in the Elite 26" Final ! Edited September 17, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Hook Designs Bash Ring - A quick look at the new bash ring from Hook Products before sending it to out tester Greg for a full test. Now available in the UK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Now available in the UK... Cool! Greg has his fitted and is riding with it now - keep you eyes out for the full test, coming soon Abel Mustieles after Mont Sainte - An exclusive interview with young Spanish rider Abel Mustieles, who finished in second position in Elite 20" and fourth in Elite 26" in Mont Sainte-Anne. Nathan Marks, Tribal Rider - Nathan's latest video, training on his Koxx Grey Sky. Edited September 20, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) There's a long and interesting interview with Kenny Belaey up on the site (in French only at the moment). I'm currently working on the translation but it's a big job and may take me a couple of days as I have to fit it around my actual job Keep an eye on the site! Edited October 1, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 There's a ong and interesting interview with Kenny Belaey up on the site (in French only at the moment). I'm currently working on the translation but it's a big job and may take me a couple of days as I have to fit it around my actual job Keep an eye on the site! I'm not sure how you translate it but if you use google chrome when you go onto a page with anther language you get the option to translate the whole page to your language - in this case English. So If you used this way i might be quicker possibly just a copy and past thing? Sorry if this is the way you already use. and seeing as i use that way could i have a link to the interview? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) Yeah, Google does offer translation as one of its many tools. The trouble is that it and other machine translation tools like it are not always very reliable - the sentences aren't structured properly, words are translated using homonyms that don't mean the same thing etc. - and you often end up with a sub-standard or nonsensical target text (translation), especially in texts with specialised terminology (like trials articles, for example), which Google just hasn't picked up yet*. This means that when you read a piece of text that has been machine translated it often sounds like a load of rubbish. There are some examples of machine or poorly translated trials articles out there, and you can tell that they havent been translated properly. We often get people coming to us at work (I work as a project manager/translator for a translation agency 9-5, Tribal Zine etc. is more of a 'hobby') with texts that they have translated using a machine translation tool and, in one case where they'd translated their entire website into several languages as they had expanded their operation to selling in the countries where those languages were spoken, were losing business rather than gaining new business, asking us to retranslate it properly. As a qualified and experienced translator I would NEVER use a machine translation tool to translate a piece of work for submission, especially if it was for publication somewhere. I take the translation of Tribal Zine articles just as seriously as I would any other piece of work for a paying client and so I translate them properly. I do use translation memory software which picks up on repetition etc. and saves every sentence I translate to a database so that in theory I only have to translate each sentence once in my life and can then use the software to automatically extract it from the database when it appears in a new translation. This is particularly handy for technical texts, such as bike specs, where there is a lot of repetition/duplicate 'sentences' that are used in every example of those texts, but unfortunately not that useful for things like interviews where the text is someone's own words and doesn't feature any repetition. The interview is on the Tribal Zine homepage, so feel free to use Google Chrome on it if you cant wait til this evening/tomorrow, although I would ask you not to post the resulting translation anywhere until I have posted up our official translation Im sure youll understand. Wow! Sorry for the tirade, didn't mean to write quite that much :$ To sum up, machine translation: bad, Ben Swales: good. Or something like that. *Having said that, it is getting better… When I was studying translation we covered machine translation in half of one hour-long seminar and were told that there was no way it would ever replace human translators. Now a friend of mine is studying the same MA course and theres a whole module dedicated to machine translation and its implications for the translation industry and there is planty of debate among the academics about whether it could end up replacing human translators and why/why not. Personally speaking, as a professional translator and as a translation enthusiast outside of work, I hope it never, ever does. In reality, it probably never will fully language is so loaded with nuance and subtlety of meaning that Id like to think no machine could ever successfully replace the need for a human translator. Its more likely that the industry will change to accommodate it rather than disappear completely. At least I hope so….. Edited September 20, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 In thirey (sorry cant spell) cant you translate it, scan though it and just put right the jumbled up words? or isn't it as simple as that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 In theory, yes. Post-edited machine translations are one of the possibilities that are being talked about by translation professionals and academics. It would be most useful for translating technical texts such as user manuals, where the content is pretty prescriptive and therefore more conducive to successful machine translation. The trouble is that with a lot of text types such as interviews, to use a topical example, where a lot of the content is spoken word and therefore often colloquial or un-conventional, the post editing can often take as long as the translation process itself. I prefer to translate everything myself, not just for that reason, it also allows me to constantly update my translation memory and, over time, reduce my workload. There are a lot of other reasons but I won't get into it in too much detail here so as not to clog up the thread - you're welcome to talk more about it by PM, it's quite an interesting debate, but for now I'm going to concentrate on translating that interview so you don't have to wait too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) Voila! The Big Interview with the 2010 World Champion - The new World Champion Kenny Belaey speaks to Tribal Zine two weeks after winning his ninth world title. He talks about his victory, his season, his upcoming projects and about himself in general... Guillermo Marin - brakeless - There are still new brakeless videos coming out... This time is Spanish street rider Guillermo Marin who’s taken his brakes off. It doesn't stop him pulling an impressive fakie on a rail though! Edited September 23, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) Jamie Williams - Tribal Rider - We’re pleased to announce that Jamie Williams, from North Wales, has joined the Tribal Zine Trial Team UK! Edited September 23, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) BIU British Championship Final - Hook Woods - Report, results and photos from the BIU British Championship Final at Hook Woods on the 12th December. Sam Oliver won Elite and Jack Meek won Senior. Damon Watson - Angel - Demon Watson more like! Ben Savage & John Webster in Mont Sainte-Anne Gilles Coustellier in Mont Sainte-Anne - The last of our photo galleries from the UCI World Championship in Mont Sainte-Anne. This time it's ex-World Champion Gilles Coustellier and Rockman riders Ben Savage and John Webster who are under the lens. Edited October 1, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 (edited) BONZ components at Sphere Bike - Sphère Bike presented their new range of components to us at the French Cup in Super Besse. They have just added them to their catalogue, so here’s a look at them! New BONZ components at Trial-Bikes - Spanish online shop trial-bikes.com are regularly adding new products to their catalogue, such as the new BONZ components. Kieran Whitefield on his Fans - Cao Gong Cang sent us a link to a short but sweet street video from British street rider Kieran Whitefield on his Fans Evo. It’s sure to get you in the mood for a spot of riding! Vaclav Kolar - brakeless - Top Czech rider Vaclav Kolar, who recently won the Bike Trial Elite European Cup, decided to give Brakeless a try... The result is this impressive video, filmed on street and natural, with some astonishing control! The Mont Sainte-Anne Junior 26" Final (1/2) The Mont Sainte-Anne Junior 26" Final (2/2) - More photos from the World Championships by Michel Roy... Following our Elite galleries, it’s the turn of the Juniors, with two galleries dedicated to the finalists! Supermance moves back to Paris - Top Koxx rider Vincent Hermance has been followed throughout the 2010 season by his coach Franck Martini. And for 2011 ? They’re continuing their collaboration, but in a different manner... Edited October 1, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) Mont Sainte Anne by Frédéric Johnson (1/1) Mont Sainte Anne by Frédéric Johnson (2/2) - Photos of the Elite and Junior 26" riders by Photo Sport Québec's Frédéric Johnson. Ryan Crisp - Tribal Rider - We are pleased to welcome Ryan Crisp, a 15 year old competitor and street rider from Suffolk to the UK Trial Team. Here’s a short presentation with some photos of him in action and his latest video. The Ozonys 24 King of Dunce and Unruly YT on the King of Dunce - Ozonys have unveiled their new 24" range, with an underground photoshoot with Yohan Triboulat on the King of Dunce to celebrate! Edited October 6, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Marko Berthold in training - A video of German Elite competitor Marko Berthold on the artificial sections of his indoor training ground in Cottbus, riding his new Koxx Orange Sky... Ben Travis - Small Town Boy - Ben Travis has released his first HD video, showing him in action on his 2010 Speed Race Solo. We think it’s his best video yet! Trevor Bodogh's world tour - This summer Trevor Bodogh set off on a world tour, stopping off with some of the world’s best comp riders and taking part in some of the biggest UCI competitions on his way. Here’s how he got on. The 2010 EBU European Cup Final - A complete round-up of the European Cup Final, which took place in Scheibenberg, Allemagne. Vaklav Kolar took the win in the Elite final and the European Cup went to Javi Alonso! The first Crowthorne Club Trial - The Crowthorne Club organised their first trial at Brackendene on Saturday 18th September. It was won by Jaime Pedrosa, with Jack Meek in second and Tom Rankin in third. Edited October 7, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) The British Trials Cup final round - The fifth and final round of the British Trials Cup will take place at Shipley Glen, Yorkshire, on the 17th October. Here’s all the info you’ll need to enter and get there. Simon Decayeux - Difference Part 1 - France has got some real street riders too ! To find them you have to go to the shores of the Channel, not far from England, the home of street trials. Here is the latest video – English style - from Tribal and Koxx Rider Simon Decayeux. Edited October 8, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) Max Schrom's 2010 season - An interesting insight into the season of one of Germany's top riders and team managers. Tyke Trial Club Championship Rounds 5,6 & 7 - A round-up of the last three rounds of the 2010 Tyke Trial Club Championship : the Brimham two-dayer in July, round 6 at Cockhill Leadmines in September and round seven last weekend at Lee Mill Quarry. Edited October 8, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 wow, I could have not done with seeing that picture lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Haha! I suppose it is a little 'sensitive'! Updated with a new article now, so I've changed the picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 Ali had already Right click/Save Target As'd that photo to the spank bank before so it's no problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 *phew* I'd hate to think he was missing out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) Adrian Lengyel in Gyöngyös - Tribal and Rockman Rider Adrian Lengyel recently won the Elite final of the Hungarian Cup, becoming the top Elite rider in his country ! Here’s an HD video of his ride and a mini-interview ! Laszlo Hegedus in Gyöngyös - A new video from the Hungarian Cup final that took place a couple of weeks ago in Gyöngyös. This time it’s Super-Elite winner Laszlo Hegedus who is featured, riding to victory on his Black Sky. Adam Erdelyi in Gyöngyös - A new video from the Hungarian Cup final, with Super-Elite runner-up Adam Erdelyi in action on his Quark II. Edited October 14, 2010 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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