[Publib] Translator website??

[Alana Abbott]

I do agree that all the translator sites I've used are suspect (although the
game where you translate text, then translate it back, three or four times
to see what you get is *entirely* amusing). That said, since I have a
general grasp of how several languages work and some very basic vocabulary,
I've been able to use translator sites to help me gauge whether my own
guesses are in the right area. (I was, for a time, doing a lot of freelance
writing that dealt with foreign author biographies, and I could typically
identify the birth date and location without help in several languages --
but sometimes the syntax was too complicated to guess without a little
assistance!)
-Alana

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Tom Cooper <tcooper at wgpl.org> wrote:

> Seriously. Once I helped a patron use a translator Website. She wanted a
> translation of a song by The Gypsy Kings. Imagine when what she thought was
> a romantic ballad turned out to have multiple references to tapeworms. (You
> tapeworm I, o my tapeworm, I am yours . . . )
>
>
> Tom Cooper, Director
> Webster Groves Public Library
> 301 E. Lockwood Avenue
> Webster Groves, MO 63119-3102
>
>  (314) 961-3784
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> Do not judge beliefs by their plausibility, but by the harm they may do.
>                                              Nassim Nicholas Taleb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kathi Kemp
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:16 AM
> To: publib at webjunction.org; Kevin Okelly
> Subject: Re: [Publib] Translator website??
>
> I agree with Kevin.  I speak fluent Spanish, and have seen the nonsense
> that people have gotten off translator sites.  Gobbledigoop.
>
> Kathi Kemp
>
> --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Kevin Okelly <KOkelly at minlib.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Kevin Okelly <KOkelly at minlib.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Publib] Translator website??
> > To: publib at webjunction.org
> > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 11:19 AM
> > If you want anything other than
> > nonsense, I don't recommend using a
> > translation website (at least based on my experience).
> >
> > Kevin O'Kelly
> > Reference and Cataloging Librarian
> > Somerville Public Library
> > 79 Highland Ave.
> > Somerville, MA 02143
> > (617)-623-5000
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alana Abbott <aabbott at blackstone.lioninc.org>
> > To: Colleen Smith <csmith at sdln.net>
> > Cc: publib at webjunction.org
> > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:57:48 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [Publib] Translator website??
> >
> > > Babelfish doesn't seem to have it, but a search
> > elicited:
> > > http://www.drumpublications.org/dictionaryfs.html
> > >
> > > <http://www.drumpublications.org/dictionaryfs.html>I
> > don't know how
> > > accurate
> > > it is, but it might be worth a try!
> > >
> > > -Alana
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Colleen Smith <csmith at sdln.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Hello all,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have been asked for an Internet that would
> > translate written
> > > English into
> > > > the Karen language.  Can you help me with
> > this question??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In advance, thank-you so much for your
> > assistance.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Colleen Smith
> > > >
> > > > Library Director
> > > >
> > > > Huron Public Library
> > > >
> > > > 521 Dak S
> > > >
> > > > Huron, SD  57350
> > > >
> > > > csmith at sdln.net
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Alana Joli Abbott, Freelance Writer and Editor (
http://www.virgilandbeatrice.com)
Author of "Nomi's Wish" (
http://coyotewildmag.com/2008/august/abbott_nomis_wish.html), featured in
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