Friday, May 21, 2010

0521WarmUp

Good Morning. Guden Tag. GoddeMorgan--many ways to say the same thing!

The net makes it possible to translate almost anything "instantly."

But are all the translators the same?

Check them out @ http://gabble-on.com/compare-translators/Phase1-research

Translate this quote from the the famous mystery writer, Raymond Chandler:

He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.

Try English to French to Dutch and back to English.

What does it look like on the back end?

Try these translators:

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#autonl

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

18 comments:

  1. thats really cool i like how you can see the different languages people speak and even tho i cant understand them still i know what they mean

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  2. this was real;ly cool but its missing someting in the middle .

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  3. We started out with:

    He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.

    and ended up with:

    They shared also separate air of tarentule on of the wafer of the angels

    Some things just get lost in the translation!

    dmac

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  4. at least it got the word "angel" right.

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  5. reusing old grokits ,ay dmac? Im ashamed

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  6. Me encanta el chocolate Milke! I LOVE CHOCOLATE MILK!..In Spanish...I used Google Translate!

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  7. Dmac , me gusta este blogspot. Ahora yo podrĂ­a traducir frases al azar al azar cuando estoy aburrido

    ^ Translated with the links

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  8. these translatorz are very helpful in the world so we kan talk to each otha

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  9. it's good that they created this because i wouldnt be able to understand spanish when people are talking to me!

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