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Sherry

Apr 16, 2007, 6:25 PM

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Hi

I am new to this site and apologize ahead of time if this question has been answered before.

I was wondering if there are any good Spanish translation programs for free on the net. I did try the trial of Babylon 6 and it has now expired.

Any replies will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Sherry
Sherry from Kelowna, BC, Canada Cool

ecollard

Apr 17, 2007, 5:34 AM

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I am quite fluent in Spanish and do a lot of volunteer translating from Spanish into English (and vice versa), including some technical/scientific documents. I resisted trying to use a translation program, figuring it would require far too much editing, but when I tried www.translate.google.com, I was very pleasantly surprised. It's remarkably good and saves me quite a bit of time. The problem is that it also eliminates formatting (paragraphs, bolding, titles), so all that has to be re-done during the editing process.
I'm curious to see if anyone has had better luck with other programs.
I also use a subscriber program, www.diccionarios.com, as an on-line dictionary. It costs about $2.50USD/month and is handy although useless for technical words.
Eileen

Sherry

Apr 17, 2007, 9:13 AM

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Thanks so much for the link, I have used it and it seems to work well.

Your reply is greatly appreciated. :)

Sherry
Sherry from Kelowna, BC, Canada Cool

kiskidee

Apr 18, 2007, 2:47 PM

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Sherry, I kind of like Babel Fish at http://babelfish.altavista.com/

It's free!
Buena suerte,
kis
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