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  1. 2nd February 2008 12:35 #1
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    Babelfish: not perfect, but helps with translations into Spanish.

    if anyone has any problems translating from Spanish to English try this link, just copy and paste any text into the box, choose the language you wish to convert from and to and then press translate, not perfect but helps me out a lot, here is the link. http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr all the best Jesse.
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    thanks Janet i didn't realise it had already been covered, i should have checked first.
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    Not a problem! The other threads have pointed out the disadvantages, but I think it can be a very useful tool at times for a quick translation, as you say. It allows those with little or no Spanish at least to get the gist of it, even if the translation is grammatically less than perfect, or loses a bit of sense in the process.
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    If you want to use it to translate INTO Spanish, it's best to write it as simply as you can in English, as more complicated stuff, or ways of saying things that have more than one meaning, can be mistranslated.

    For instance... when talking about football 'matches' it translates 'matches' as the ones you use to light a fire with... ie. 'fosferos' rather than 'partidos'
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    i think google translate is better.
    [size=1]leaving on a jet plane don't know when i'll be back again. leaving on a jet plane don't know when i'll be back again. leaving on a jet plane don't know when i'll be back again. leaving on a jet plane don't know when i'll be back again.[/size]
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    I like www.freetranslation.com, like the other's it's not perfect but it certainly helps when it comes to translating school letters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinkabel View Post
    I like www.freetranslation.com, like the other's it's not perfect but it certainly helps when it comes to translating school letters.
    Me too. Much better than babelfish.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djkirstyjay View Post
    Me too. Much better than babelfish.
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