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Finding translators online?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:47 pm
by The.Evening.Optimist
When writing to celebs, particularly footballers who may not necessarily have English as their first language - I thought it would be quite a nice gesture to write my intro and conclusion in their language. Well, at least bits of it. This is a major problem as I only speak English and a wee bit of French. 
Anyone know online sites that can translate basic phrases into any language for free? I need a bit of help with German, Chinese/Mandarin, Portugese and whatever language is spoken in Poland 
Thank you!
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:09 pm
by BossC
I found these:
http://translation.langenberg.com/
http://www.freetranslation.com/
I can't find the one I used (once
) but these might work.
BossC
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:31 pm
by ldy josie x
Hi!
A word of caution..
When using online translators, you can sometimes get a sentence that means totally different from what you want it to mean! My suggestion is that if you're friends with some people on this forum, you ask them to translate for you. There's so many people from all over the world here that would gladly help you
Good luck
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:50 am
by The.Evening.Optimist
Thanks very much to the both of ya ldy josie x I know what you mean, if you had to say 'I admire you/your work' in English, it comes across alright, but translated into German I hear it comes across a bit creepy :neutral: I'll try and be very careful
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:28 pm
by osiris
The.Evening.Optimist wrote: I need a bit of help with German, Chinese/Mandarin, Portugese and whatever language is spoken in Poland Thank you!
That would be Polish
I agree with everyone else, online translators aren't to be trusted. Although I did use one to help me with my German A Level work a lot haha. Just for spelling words. I got an A though!
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:33 pm
by matskulainen
I speak Finnish, Swedish and German. Also I know almost Spanish, Portuguese and also bits of basic Chinese and Italian
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Feel free to contact if you need help!
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:49 pm
by hangman
Contact me if you need help with German!
Hangman
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:58 am
by des liner
Ive learnt basic German if you need it, but Hangmans probably better!
Go to google and search google translator, click on the first option. I allways use it! Seems pretty good!
Hope it helps! {thumb2}
Des
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:26 am
by tullhead
I can help with Spanish
Re: Finding translators online?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:35 am
by Sammya
I agree with not trusting online translators in case of phrases....I know what I'm telling
The best thing you can do is, as almost everyone recommends you there, to ask for help members of this forum. That's what I did when I needed to translate letter to French
And I'll probably do the same thing with my letter in spanish