The CITES website is using translation software to allow you to translate some pages in your preferred language, for your convenience. Although this translation allows a wider audience to access the CITES website, these automated statistical machine translations are a sub-optimal solution due to lack of resources and not as good as translation undertaken manually by a human. Therefore, the CITES Secretariat is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate translation and will not be held responsible for any damage or issues that may result from using Google Translate.
Google itself states: “Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace human translators. Translations are provided as a service to users of this website, and are provided “as is.” No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy, reliability, or correctness of any translations made from English into any other language. Some content (such as images, videos, Flash, etc.) may not be accurately translated due to the limitations of the translation software.
The original text is the English version of the website. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in the translated website, refer to the English version of the website which is the official version.”
To learn more about Google Translate Translation API, visit https://translate.google.com/intl/en/about/forbusiness/
For any issues using Google Translate, visit https://translate.google.com
For any question regarding the content of the website, please contact the at info@cites.org.