What do you think about tools like Googe Translate?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by lelkoun, Apr 18, 2010.

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    If you are an english native speaker and you visit a website written in foreign language, do you use any translating tool? What do you think about an incorrect and funny translation? Is it useful for you?

    Thanks for answering.
     
    lelkoun, Apr 18, 2010 IP
  2. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    I like to keep it old school and use Babel Fish.
    It works well enough for me to understand the various German and Russian boards that I read.

    Doesn't do Czech though :(
     
    Kerosene, Apr 18, 2010 IP
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    shadowpope17 Active Member

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    Yeah I think Googe Translate works quite well in most cases.
     
    shadowpope17, Apr 18, 2010 IP
  4. abiji

    abiji Active Member

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    #4
    i use both google and babelfish. Though the translation is not always perfect but you can still get the idea if you don't understand the language
     
    abiji, Apr 18, 2010 IP
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    extraldonary Well-Known Member

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    #5
    it's important for us, blogger with non english language, consider to install translator plugin or not
    it's worth or not
     
    extraldonary, Apr 18, 2010 IP
  6. Koala

    Koala Well-Known Member

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    I never use this tool. if the site is in foreign language, then simply close the tab and looking for similar English site for get informations what I wanted.
     
    Koala, Apr 18, 2010 IP
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    I never use it. It is a horrible tool.
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    atomicvenom, Apr 18, 2010 IP
  8. nucleus99

    nucleus99 Peon

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    #8
    Google translate is a handy tool, I have used it a couple of times.
    No doubt the translation is sometimes funny... but it does the job and you cant really expect it to be perfect.
     
    nucleus99, Apr 18, 2010 IP
  9. rebeli

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    It will be cool because people can do it that faster only with 1 tool...
     
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    minasiin Guest

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    I receive emails translated with google, sometimes very funny to read.

    And i use google translator myself, because i am not english speaking person :)
     
    minasiin, Apr 19, 2010 IP
  11. shinok

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    Google translate is a appreciable tool.

    This is very helpful tool for all type of user.
     
    shinok, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    I like google translate, it was good enough I could figure out how to register with yandex's (russian site) webmaster tools and get my site indexed.
     
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    #13
    google translate is good, babel fish is good also
     
    extremepullups, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    #14
    English is my first language. I do use Google translator and Babelfish. I basically use those translators to help find keywords in other languages.
     
    briguy, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    Google Translator = Life Savor.... It sometimes mess up the translations but still great for Spanish translations! :D
     
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  16. jinmin

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    #16
    Google Translator is a good and handy tool. Besides that, I also find Babel Fish a good tool for translation.
     
    jinmin, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    niroshana35 Well-Known Member

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    Yes Google translation helped me lot at the correct moment on the fly. Other than that Babel Fish is another good too.
     
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    #18
    Well Babel Fish is better than google translate i believe .
     
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    #19
    i use it very simple translate
     
    king of webmaster, Apr 19, 2010 IP
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    I have used the google translator. It some time gives wrong translation but easily to understand..........
     
    yanran336, Apr 19, 2010 IP