is there any body know auto translation tool
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, February 22 2005 16:53
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I tried a lot to translate my documentation from US to Canadian English by referring to translation books but I am not satisfied what I am getting? Do we have any translation tool which can translate my documentation? Any suggestions most welcome. :confused: Posts: 1 | Registered: Tuesday, February 22 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, February 22 2005 16:59
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There really isn't much need to translate from one English dialect to another. They're all mutually intelligible. Canadian French, on the other hand, would require some doing. —Alorael, who believes that good automatic translation is an oxymoron. If you can't do it by books and you don't know someone who can do it for you, you'll have to leave it in whatever language(s) you know. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, February 22 2005 17:23
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www.freetranslation.com But then again, they don't offer English to English. That's like translating a Northern accent to a Southern one. Or perhaps "white folk talk" to "ebonics". Or even Spain-Spanish to Mexico-Spanish (or so there are some differences here, but thats not the point). Err... the point is, use whatever English you know, I'm those Cannuks can figure it out. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, February 22 2005 20:04
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I think the major differences between American English and Canadian English are kind of like the differences between American English and British English. Those differences are basically that most words ending in -or in American become -our in British (color -> colour, honor -> honour), words in -er ofter become -re (center -> centre), and punctuation goes inside or outside of quotes based on whether the quote actually contains the punctuation, rather than according to the American rules, which are truly odd. I'm not sure if the Canadians do all of that — it seems likely that they don't — but that's what the Brits (and as far as I know, the Aussies) do. Any real Canadian, feel free to correct me. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 23 2005 01:10
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Another difference is that words that in American English end in -ize (such as "organize"), usually end in -ise in Commonwealth English (and therefore probably in Canadian English as well). Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, February 23 2005 04:45
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I would imagine that an auto-translator that manages to garble an English-English translation would be a novelty. [ Wednesday, February 23, 2005 04:46: Message edited by: Beyond the world were visions shown ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 11:28
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europian spanish to latin american spansih is easy: make every vosotros an ustedes, and remember to pronounce your g's and your uy's diffrently (there might be another charctor, im nt 100% sure) -------------------- -Sylak Proud Member of the Church of Devine Luchere Posts: 319 | Registered: Tuesday, May 14 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 13:20
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And reconjugate the verbs from second person informal plural to third person plural. And maybe add a vos or two, depending on the country. Then consider whether the preterite subjunctive has to change from -se to -ra. Worry about other regional words! Or, like most Spanish speakers, just hope that the other party can figure out what you're talking about. —Alorael, who knows of at least one translator that is technically English to English. Yes, it is amusing, but at least it's intentionally amusing. The other kind of translator is better known as spellcheck. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 13:57
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Canadian language is really a mess of American and British. Technically the British spellings are the preferred but if you write everything in American style its accepted too. English teachers always say to stick to one or the other style. Generally though it is colour,honour, realise, flavour, etc along with programme,tyre,etc for the more hard lined. Since Canada is so far from Britain any language difference from the US is usually taken in as purely Canadian. A common discussion between Canadians about language, at least in my experience might be; JP: Do you spell colour, honour whatever with a u or without. TR: With a ''U'' that's Canadian using an ''o'' is America. L'apprentissage de deux langues n'est pas immédiatement amusant. [ Thursday, February 24, 2005 14:06: Message edited by: VCH ] -------------------- I stop rubber at 160km/h, five times a week. CANUCKS RESPEK! My Style The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 15:57
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Also, regarding the difference between European and Latin-American Spanish, in Spain, c's and z's are pronounced with a lisping sound that's a bit softer than a -th, while in the Americas those are pronounced more sibilantly and sound basically like s's. [ Thursday, February 24, 2005 15:57: Message edited by: PoD person ] Posts: 293 | Registered: Saturday, May 29 2004 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 16:09
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Well, I ran this thread through one english-to-pseudoenglish translator. Quite interesting results. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 16:25
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And Spartan Greek had way more alphas than Attic Greek, which replaced them with etas. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Master
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 18:52
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quote:Tachytackizzles Brotha xDDDDDD -------------------- Polaris - Weather balloons, ninjas, and your big daddy Wise Man. What more could you want? Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, February 24 2005 21:39
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quote:Fo shizzel ma wizzel dat hiz hof da hizzel innit.Dere hiz like massive amountz hod deme tranlaturs. Fer Real da wurld wuld B a betta place hif all da Skools taught bruvas da proper Henglish aii. [ Thursday, February 24, 2005 21:59: Message edited by: VCH ] -------------------- I stop rubber at 160km/h, five times a week. CANUCKS RESPEK! My Style The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, February 25 2005 02:36
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Look at the signatures... quote: quote: quote: -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, February 26 2005 17:40
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quote:I laughed. It really was funny. Thanks, Alo. -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, February 27 2005 05:44
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The term after looking at the translation sites is localization of language. It involves translations from France French to Canadian French, Cantonese Dialects, Portuguese Portuguese to Brazilian Portuguese. I think if you looked around you could probably find a description of the differences. I think Microsoft Word has a built in Canadian speller and grammar checker. It is supposed to be buggy though. I am not sure of this. http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |