Jennifer Postal
Elective #9
The
1. Pen
Pals – Having the opportunity to communicate with kids from a different country
might be exciting to an American child.
Even if a letter is not written in English, with translation websites
the letter can be easily understood.
2. Multicultural
Days – Many schools study other countries and then have a celebration at the
end of the unit. Using translation
websites will allow the students to be authentic in their study of the other
country.
3. Holidays
– When studying other countries, students will be able to find out how kids
celebrate holidays. Using the
translation website, students can find different ways to give holiday greetings
to others.
4. Different
words for the same activity – Soccer is played in the
5. Adults
may find translation websites helpful if a website that they need is written in
a different language a translation website will allow them the opportunity to
use the website.
Here is a
paragraph that is translated from English to French and then from English to
Spanish using the translation site http://www.systransoft.com/.
|
English |
French |
Spanish |
|
The boys and
girls are watching a soccer game. One team
scores a goal and the crowd goes wild.
The game is now tied. There is
one minute left in the game, which team will win? Who will be the hero? The suspense is incredible! |
Les garçons et les filles observent un jeu du football. Une équipe marque un but et la foule
devient comme folle. Le jeu est maintenant attaché. Là une minute est-elle laissée dans le jeu, que l'équipe gagnera ? Qui sera le héros ? Le suspens est incroyable |
Los muchachos y las muchachas están mirando un juego equipo anota una meta y la muchedumbre va salvaje. El juego ahora se ata. ¿Allí es un minuto dejado en el juego, que el equipo ganará? ¿Quién será el héroe? ¡El suspenso es increíble |