Converting Foreign Language

[Kitty]

Does any Windows Platform (minus NT,2000) have a program which
translates a foreign language into English? Are there any programs on
the Internet to accomplish this task? If material was received in a
foreign language, how could a person determine which language this
material is presented in?

Kitty

[David Candy]

http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/mstranslate/UP26384/T1/P2/l/
http://translation.langenberg.com/
http://itranslator.mendez.com/MSOffice/MSOffice10Eng_us-EntryPage.htm

MS Office can translate. Though it doesn't actually work.
Most of the above web links sell programs that translate. Google and =
most other search engines translate http://www.google.com/language_tools

Most people know enough about the rest of the world to be able to tell =
what language something is. You must be an american,.
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"Kitty" > wrote in message =
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> Does any Windows Platform (minus NT,2000) have a program which
> translates a foreign language into English? Are there any programs on
> the Internet to accomplish this task? If material was received in a
> foreign language, how could a person determine which language this
> material is presented in?
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> Kitty
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[George \(Bindar Dundat\)]

You may want to try the following link.
http://www.freetranslation.com/
As for the languages you will have to guess. If it looks German then =
your choices at that site will be German or Dutch. If it looks Spanish, =
try Spanish, Portuguese or Italian. The translator is very literal so =
you often have to decipher the results.
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| Does any Windows Platform (minus NT,2000) have a program which
| translates a foreign language into English? Are there any programs on
| the Internet to accomplish this task? If material was received in a
| foreign language, how could a person determine which language this
| material is presented in?
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| Kitty
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[Ken Blake]

"Kitty" > wrote in message
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> Does any Windows Platform (minus NT,2000) have a program which
> translates a foreign language into English? Are there any
programs on
> the Internet to accomplish this task?


There are a number of web sites to do this. Here's one:
http://world.altavista.com/ It works with many languages.



My experience is that if you enter or a word or a not-too-long
phrase, it can do a decent job. As soon as you get to sentences,
unless they are extremely simple, all automatic translators do a
terrible job. The state of the art is still very primitive.



> If material was received in a
> foreign language, how could a person determine which language
this
> material is presented in?


Probably the best way is to have someone familiar with several
languages (at least for recognition purposes) take a look at it.
For example, I'm not fluent in anything but English, but I have a
smattering of four or five languages, and I could at least
recognize most of the major languages of the world.

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Ken Blake
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