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Title: translating software
Post by: jonclox on June 14, 2011, 09:40:24 AM
Can anyone point me towards some free online translating software please. Ive got a nice document come in and I need  to read it through. :-\
Title: Re: translating software
Post by: Lawrence on June 14, 2011, 09:54:23 AM
If you are using Firefox, try this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxlingo-translator-dictionary/
Title: Re: translating software
Post by: Tank on June 14, 2011, 09:54:47 AM
http://translate.google.com/ (http://translate.google.com/)
Title: Re: translating software
Post by: EtchedPixels on June 14, 2011, 09:55:08 AM
babelfish or google translate will handle the major languages ok, but be careful doing translation that way - it's very easy for it to turn out a completely believable, consistent and wrong translation with things like the sense of something inverted. I guess comparing the two may help.

Title: Re: translating software
Post by: jonclox on June 14, 2011, 11:07:48 AM
Thanks guys  :thumbsup:
I`ll have a playaround with them tonight
Title: Re: translating software
Post by: poliss on June 14, 2011, 02:03:33 PM
I use Bablefish mostly. http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/
Worldlingo has more languages, but the pop-ups are annoying!  >:( http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html
Title: Re: translating software
Post by: Rod on June 20, 2011, 04:21:04 PM
If you want a good laugh, try translating something from English into another language, then back again.

Rod
Title: Re: translating software
Post by: EtchedPixels on June 20, 2011, 04:36:36 PM
The tools are better but there used to be contests to reverse the damage done by going English-Russian-English or similar
A classic to puzzle over

A well known saying - "Invisible idiot"