I'm working with a computer translation program and the output I got was this:

> ぞれは一般的です。

I'm trying to determine whether this is a correct translation for 'That is
common.' Alc gives 誰でも知っている［やっている・使っている］一般的 when I look up common, which has
me thinking that the sense of the sentence is wrong.

The source sentence is: 'This type of implementation of the <do> tag on mobile
devices is very common'.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-10T13:39:36.173
15367
2014-04-10T21:01:55.687
2014-04-10T16:24:59.850
78
4793
question
word-choice translation
Translating the statement: X is very common
I would say it means "That is typical." Or 'That's not uncommon."

As with most short Japanese sentences like that, to make a translation into
English, it depends on what kind of context is surrounding it.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-10T14:28:36.327
15368
2014-04-10T14:28:36.327
5128
15367
answer
> それは一般的です

Is more like, "that is commonplace."

While it's not incorrect, I'd say something along the lines of

> このモバイル・デバイス上のタグ実装手法はごく普通のである。

ごく普通 = fairly common/normal

or

> このモバイル・デバイス上のタグ実装手法は非常に平凡のである。

非常に平凡 = extremely common/standard

Although extremely standard is a bit of an oxymoron.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-04-10T20:03:05.807
15369
2014-04-10T21:01:55.687
2014-04-10T21:01:55.687
4965
4965
15367
answer