Terry Young

SLM 521

Translation

Below is a chart with websites that translates English to Spanish to German and so on. An example of how the sites work is provided. I went to one of the sites and typed in a message in English and it translated the message in Spanish and German. I went to three different websites to see if there was any difference. You can see that there is a difference with the translations from the different sites, even though I put in the same English sentence.

	ENGLISH	SPANISH	GERMAN
Prompt-Reverso Online	When one speaks about Halloween or Day of the harridans, it is thought about disguises, holiday, sweets and children.	Cuando uno habla sobre Víspera de todos los Santos o Día de las brujas, es pensado en disfraces, vacaciones, dulces y niños.	Wenn man über das Halloween oder Tag der alten Vetteln spricht, wird es über Verkleidungen, Urlaub, Süßigkeiten und Kinder gedacht.
Systran Information and Translation Tecnologies	When one speaks about Halloween or Day of the harridans, it is thought about disguises, holiday, sweets and children.	Cuando uno habla sobre Halloween o el día de los harridans, se piensa de disfraces, de día de fiesta, de los dulces y de los niños.	_ wenn ein sprechen über Halloween oder Tag von d harridans, es sein Gedanke über Verkleidung, Feiertag, Bonbon und Kind. _
Babel Fish at Altavista	When one speaks about Halloween or Day of the harridans, it is thought about disguises, holiday, sweets and children.	Cuando uno habla sobre Halloween o el día de los harridans, se piensa de disfraces, de día de fiesta, de los dulces y de los niños.	Wenn man über Halloween oder Tag der harridans spricht, wird es an Verkleidungen, Feiertag, Bonbons und Kinder gedacht.

There are several uses of the sites above. Ways you can apply the sites would be to use them for:

1) Assignments (Whether it be a worksheet or a long-term project use the sites to convert English to whatever language necessary, and avoid confusion.)

2) Newsletters (From the PTA, principal, or the teacher. Send home a completely translated letter to your non-English speaking families.)

3) Phone Calls (If a computer is handy, you can translate your call in minutes.)

4) Conferences (When a parent comes to visit, welcome them with their native tongue by using one of the sites above. It may take a while, but use the site to communicate with the parents while you are meeting with them.)

5) ESOL Students (These are great to use with the non-English speaking students in your class. While you are working one-on-one or in a small group, use the sites to help instruct the students.)

6) Books (The sites can translate up to 150 words at a time. Use them to help with small reading assignments that aren’t in the persons language.)