語(yǔ)法糾錯(cuò)公司獲1.1億美元投資

語(yǔ)法不好，擔(dān)心出現(xiàn)錯(cuò)誤？公文寫(xiě)作需要修改潤(rùn)色？別擔(dān)心，智能語(yǔ)法糾錯(cuò)軟件可以幫到你。據(jù)報(bào)道，初創(chuàng)公司Grammarly近日獲得大筆風(fēng)投，該公司開(kāi)發(fā)的軟件可以標(biāo)出用戶文章中使用不恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~句，并給出修改建議，還可以告訴用戶為什么會(huì)出錯(cuò)。此外，還可以幫助用戶選用恰當(dāng)?shù)恼Z(yǔ)氣和詞匯。

There's money to be made from other people's mistakes: $110m (￡85m) of it, to be precise.
從別人犯下的錯(cuò)誤中也可以賺到錢。準(zhǔn)確地說(shuō)，是可以賺到大錢——1.1億美元（約合7.59億元人民幣）。

That's the amount raised in a funding round by Grammarly, a firm that boasts of having what it calls "the world's most accurate online grammar checker".
這是一家名為Grammarly的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司獲得融資的數(shù)額。Grammarly稱，他們擁有“世界上最準(zhǔn)確的在線語(yǔ)法檢查器”。

It has persuaded venture capital firms including General Catalyst, IVP and Spark Capital to support its platform.
該平臺(tái)得到了包括Genenral Catalyst、IVP和Spark Capital在內(nèi)的許多風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資公司的支持。

The eight-year-old firm, based in San Francisco, offers "mistake-free writing every time" to 6.9 million users.
這家具有八年歷史的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司總部位于舊金山，為690萬(wàn)用戶提供“隨時(shí)糾正寫(xiě)作錯(cuò)誤”的服務(wù)。

The start-up was founded in 2009 by Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn.
2009年，亞歷克斯?舍甫琴科和馬克斯?利特溫創(chuàng)立了這家公司。

Its software uses spell-checking, proof-reading and plagiarism detection tools, scanning text for the correct use of more than 250 advanced grammar rules.
其推出的軟件通過(guò)使用拼寫(xiě)檢查、文本校對(duì)和抄襲檢測(cè)工具掃描文本，幫助用戶在文本中正確使用250余種高階語(yǔ)法規(guī)則。

But not everyone sees the need for Grammarly. One online reaction posted to the announcement of the firm's venture round was: "I rather learn to write without mistakes than let a program correct it" (perhaps inadvertently proving its usefulness).
但是，不是每個(gè)人都有使用Grammarly軟件的需求。對(duì)于該公司獲得風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資，網(wǎng)絡(luò)上有一種聲音是：“我更愿意學(xué)習(xí)如何在寫(xiě)作過(guò)程中避免語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤，而不是用一款軟件來(lái)進(jìn)行糾正。”（或許這種說(shuō)法無(wú)意中證明了該軟件的實(shí)用性。）

On the other hand, Grammarly's efforts provide no guarantee that your prose will be a joy to read.
另一方面，Grammarly軟件不能保證你的文章能讓人讀起來(lái)津津有味。

Its own website contains the sentence: "Enhance your sentences with Grammarly's context-optimized word choice suggestions to instantly improve the readability of your document."
Grammarly公司網(wǎng)站上有這樣一句話：“Grammarly會(huì)根據(jù)語(yǔ)境提出詞語(yǔ)優(yōu)化建議，提升你的句子表達(dá)質(zhì)量，即刻間增強(qiáng)文本可讀性。”

Clearly split infinitives are safe from the software's forensic gaze.
該軟件的檢測(cè)顯示，明顯的分離不定式不存在語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤。

英文來(lái)源：BBC
翻譯：魏千菡（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)愛(ài)新聞iNews譯者）
編審：yaning