[TriLUG] Re: [OT] German-English translation tools

[Andrew C. Oliver]

When I was in germany we used langestadt (sp)...  Oddly enough I think
it was a Micro$oft product.  Usually in the states I use
www.freetranslation.com.  Its generally good enough to get a rough idea
about what something says.

-Andy


> Subject:
> [TriLUG] [OT] German-English translation tools
> From:
> Andrew Perrin <aperrin at email.unc.edu>
> Date:
> Sat, 25 Aug 2001 10:03:02 -0400 (EDT)
> To:
> debian-user at lists.debian.org
> CC:
> trilug at trilug.org
> 
> Does anyone know of any free (or at least reasonably cheap) tools to
> assist in translation? I'm explicitly *not* looking for a program that
> attempts to fully translate texts, but rather something to help with some
> of the dirty work as I begin translating some previously unavailable
> articles from German. It could be something as simple as a fairly
> comprehensive electronic dictionary, or possibly an NLP tool that makes a
> stab at syntax as well.  Available for linux or solaris is a very large
> plus, but I'll put up with windows if I absolutely have to.
> 
> Thanks for any advice.
> 
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> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin at unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
>       269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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