Good Online Translator?

nintendodork · January 23, 2009, 04:41:36 pm

Is there a good one that's better than Babelfish? I have a hard time decently translating stuff with it...I tried translating Takeshi no Chosenjou from Japanese (spelled in Japanese of course) to English, and it came up with something about fungus..

Rogles · January 23, 2009, 04:42:42 pm

Google Translate.

133MHz · January 23, 2009, 04:43:27 pm

Yeah Google Translate is awesome because it accepts user suggestions, basically people can make it better

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nintendodork · January 23, 2009, 04:47:27 pm

Ok, I have that on my iGoogle homepage..can I put it on my toolbar in anyway?

UglyJoe · January 23, 2009, 04:58:48 pm

Take (たけ) can mean fungus, but it can also mean other things. When the word is spelled in hiragana instead of kanji, the translator has to guess which meaning you want via context. Computers suck at context -- hence the sucky translation.

nintendodork · January 23, 2009, 05:01:25 pm

It's not just that, I've translated things from Spanish to English and had several errors that even I could figure out

133MHz · January 23, 2009, 05:02:54 pm

Las cucarachas entran, pero no pueden salir.

UglyJoe · January 23, 2009, 05:04:50 pm

Quote from: 133MHz on January 23, 2009, 05:02:54 pm
Las cucarachas entran, pero no pueden salir.

S->J

ゴキブリには、是非を残すことはできません。

J->E

The cockroach is not whether to leave.

nintendodork · January 23, 2009, 05:12:50 pm

Quote from: 133MHz on January 23, 2009, 05:02:54 pm
Las cucarachas entran, pero no pueden salir.

From Spanish to French to English
The cucarachas enter, but cannot leave.
Pretty close..

Doc · January 23, 2009, 07:37:22 pm

Once they get in, they can't get out...

manuel · January 23, 2009, 08:14:30 pm

I hate cucarachas. Ew... $:-\$

Automatic translation is only good for short, grammatically easy AND correct sentences.

nintendodork · January 23, 2009, 08:40:55 pm

And that's all I need it for

Plus I don't have the money for my very own Manuel translation

manuel · January 23, 2009, 11:27:37 pm

Hah!

I don't offer as many language pairs as google unfortunately.

son_ov_hades · January 23, 2009, 11:29:37 pm

You mean you can't translate from Arabic to Vietnamese?

manuel · January 23, 2009, 11:31:38 pm

Not very accurately.

Good Online Translator?

nintendodork

January 23, 2009, 04:41:36 pm

Rogles

January 23, 2009, 04:42:42 pm #1

133MHz

January 23, 2009, 04:43:27 pm #2

nintendodork

January 23, 2009, 04:47:27 pm #3

UglyJoe

January 23, 2009, 04:58:48 pm #4

nintendodork

January 23, 2009, 05:01:25 pm #5

133MHz

January 23, 2009, 05:02:54 pm #6

UglyJoe

January 23, 2009, 05:04:50 pm #7

nintendodork

January 23, 2009, 05:12:50 pm #8

Doc

January 23, 2009, 07:37:22 pm #9

manuel

January 23, 2009, 08:14:30 pm #10

nintendodork

January 23, 2009, 08:40:55 pm #11

manuel

January 23, 2009, 11:27:37 pm #12

son_ov_hades

January 23, 2009, 11:29:37 pm #13

manuel

January 23, 2009, 11:31:38 pm #14