I assume you're asking about an expression accepted by Tatoeba's integrated search function, which is similar but not identical to a regular expression ("regexp").

I don't believe there is a way to write an expression that finds sentences where "ten" is a standalone word but excludes sentences containing a word that ends with "ten" preceded by an apostrophe. The reason is that the tokenization and search split words not only at word boundaries indicated by spaces, but also at punctuation marks (including apostrophe), which are then discarded. One hacky way to get what you want would be to search for "=ten" and then use the browser's search function with "Whole Words" enabled to search through the results.

To get the full functionality you're looking for, I think you'd have to download the sentences you want and then use a tool (such as a text editor's search function with regular expression search enabled) that gives you this level of control.

I think machine translation is acceptable when you can assure its quality. Also, not to mention there're a lot of native speakers write bad translations, and those are not even as good as machine translations.

En näe tämän tuottavan merkittävää lisäarvoa tietokannalle. Suosittelisin mieluummin kääntämään puolasta omalle äidinkielelle tai muuten riittävän vahvalle kielelle, että voi mennä takuuseen omista lauseistaan, ja linkittämään ymmärtämiään puolalaisia lauseita muunkielisiin, jotka myös ymmärtää.

I think it is acceptable. Translators (such as GT or DeepL) nowadays are pretty good. Also, it is not such a problem if that person translates simple sentences or translates into language that is pretty similar to their well-known languages.

I would rather see people contributing in their own native languages.

Machine translation with AI has become much better than it used to be, so I can understand the temptation to use it.

Using AI to translate from a foreign language you know into your own native language might help you think of wordings you might not have otherwise thought of.

If you, as a native speaker, verify that it sounds natural, and if you know the source language well enough to verify that the meaning is the same, I think AI can be a useful tool.

Contributing in a language that is not your strongest
https://en.wiki.tatoeba.org/art...ow/non-native#

Thanks for your answers, everyone, especially the link to the Guidelines, AlanF_US. I had looked for them but didn't find them. This also goes with my impression.

The question wasn't about me, by the way, but about a user who contributes quite a lot here, but apparently with mostly(?) GT-translated sentences. Perhaps I should point them to the Guidelines.

https://tatoeba.org/de/sentence...ster?page=2000

You can change the number in the url.

Jos lause on oikein, vaikka kenties epätodennäköinen, saa se yleensä jäädä.

Jos sillä on useita mahdollisia käännöksiä, voit kääntää sen millä tahansa tai usealla tavalla, tai tietenkin jättää kääntämättä.

Yksi vaihtoehto, joka tulee mieleen, on että sen kääntää nimenomaan sähköiseksi pelilaitteeksi, joka lienee samalla tavalla outo käännöskielessä kuin alkuperäinenkin lause on. Tällöin molemmat lauseet toivottavasti ilmaisisivat, että kirjoittaja tai puhuja ei oikein ole mukana nykyteknologian kehityksessä, tai käyttää tarpeettoman teknistä, tarkkaa ja hankalaa käsitettä, tms.

The best thing to do with a problematic sentence, whether it's incorrect or just odd, is to add a comment to the sentence. This serves a number of purposes:
- it tells the author of the sentence (who may still be active) and other members of the community that there is something questionable about it and that they should consider modifying, unlinking, retranslating, or deleting it
- it serves as a starting point for other members of the community to contribute their insights, which may be valuable
- it warns people who come across the sentence at Tatoeba or other sites that point to it that there is a problem with the sentence and that they shouldn't use it as a model
- it starts the customary two-week grace period after which a corpus maintainer can edit the sentence

You can also add a rating of "unsure" or "not OK", and (if you are an advanced contributor) a tag. The three tags "@change", "@needs native check", and "@check" are checked regularly by corpus maintainers, so they help ensure that the sentence will be reviewed.

The important thing is that you don't have to decide immediately and unilaterally what to do with the sentence. You just have to open a discussion and we can see where things go from there.

As for the general question of whether odd but correct sentences should be changed, the answer is that it depends on many factors, such as whether there is a replacement that is obviously better and whether the sentence is a problematic translation of another sentence.

As a minor point, apart from not being natural, "Do you want a electric gaming machine?" is not correct. The word "a" should be "an".

Lause on tässä, niin muiden ei tarvitse etsiä: https://tatoeba.org/eo/sentences/show/7709519

Das könnte ein Vorschlag für eine Anpassung sein:

Wenn ein Satz eingegeben wird, der schon existiert, wird dieser Satz im Regelfall abgelehnt.
Wenn aber der existierende Satz "rot" ist, könnte er durch den neuen ersetzt werden.
Das wäre eine einfache Möglichkeit, rote aber korrekte Sätze zu "entsperren".

Man müsste sich überlegen, ob diese Vorgehensweise die Rechte des gesperrten Autors des Satzes verletzt. Wahrscheinlich nicht. Man könnte auch nur den Autor austauschen und das entsprechend in den Logs dokumentieren.

Realistically speaking, in this particular situation, if you think it's really important that the corpus have this specific sentence in a version that is not marked red, your best option is to add a slightly modified version such as:

Comme Napoléon Bonaparte a dit, "N'interrompez jamais un ennemi qui est en train de faire une erreur."

Since there are many reasons a sentence can be marked red (copyright issues related to the specific sentence, copyright issues relating in general to sentences added by the same author, violations of other Tatoeba standards), and since those reasons are not tracked by the system, it's not feasible for a new sentence that exactly matches an existing red one to automatically be let through.

Lauseelle voi näköjään lisätä käännöksiä. Lisää käännöksen uutena lauseena ja lisää ranskankielisen lauseen käsin käännöksenä.

Esim. https://tatoeba.org/eo/sentences/show/13844149 .