Translation

Today’s world is getting smaller and smaller. Students can now collaborate with other students from anywhere in the world. When language differences was once a barrier, now there are internet translation sites that can take text in one language and translate it into another. This would be especially helpful when:

1. Students write to a student in a foreign country in order to gain an understanding of his/her culture and aspects of that country. This can be especially helpful in completing projects in social studies. Emails can be translated between the two using any translating site.

2. A student wants to view a web site writing in a foreign language. The student can copy/paste portions of the site into the translation tool.

3. A student wants to read a document written in a foreign language, but can not due to the language barrier. The student can type the statements/sentences into the translation block on the web sites and read the text in his native language.

4. Students can write to a foreign student in that students’ native language by translating before he/she sends the message.

5. Students taking a foreign language class may be reading novels that are written soley in the foreign language. If a portion of the text is unreadable to this learner, he can retype it itto the translation tool and understand what has been written.

Here are three sites that are useful in translating:

This list has been copied from the SLM 521 assignment on translations:

Prompt-Reverso Online - this site has a simple, straight forward interface that enables you to translate to and from several mainstream languages. - http://translation2.paralink.com

Systran Information and Translation Technologies - http://www.systransoft.com

Babel Fish at Altavista - Associated with the Altavista search engine this translation engine enables conversion of up to 150 words from and to several different languages. - http://world.altavista.com

Here is an example of text translated:

English: Create a text file in a word processor that shows an English text block and use the translation engines to convert it into two other languages. Copy and paste each block into your assignment file.

French: Créez un dossier des textes dans une unité de traitement de texte qui montre un bloc anglais des textes et utilisez les moteurs de traduction pour le convertir en deux autres langues. Le copy et collent chaque bloc dans votre dossier de tâche.

German: Stellen Sie eine Textakte in einem Textverarbeitungsgerät, das einen englischen Textblock zeigt her und benutzen Sie die übersetzung Maschinen, um ihn in zwei andere Sprachen umzuwandeln. Copy und kleben jeden Block in Ihre Anweisung Akte.